US EditionCanadian Bishops Speak Out Amid Trump's Spat with Pope Leo XIV over Middle East
The dispute over AI-generated religious images and Trump’s insults has angered Catholics who say it will shape his image across Africa.
- A group representing Canadian Catholic bishops spoke out against using images of Christ for political rhetoric after U.S. President Donald Trump posted religious pictures amid his spat with Pope Leo XIV.
- The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said such representations blur the proper distinction between faith and political power, distorting the meaning of both.
- Pope Leo XIV's witness in such moments is moral and pastoral, not partisan, and his words remind the world that peace is never advanced by contempt, that leadership requires restraint, and that the suffering of innocent people should always be avoided as much as possible, the Canadian bishops said.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Canadian bishops speak out amid Trump's spat with Pope Leo XIV over Middle East
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'Unthinkable': African Catholics recoil at Trump's spat with Leo
WITH his previous insults towards African countries and his gutting of foreign assistance, US President Donald Trump has offended the continent’s Catholics more than once before, but his spat this week with Pope Leo has raised eyebrows nevertheless.
‘Unthinkable’: African Catholics recoil at Trump’s spat with Leo
DAKAR, April 15 (Reuters) – With his previous insults towards African countries and his gutting of foreign assistance, U.S. President Donald Trump has offended the continent’s Catholics more than once before, but his spat this week with Pope Leo has raised eyebrows nevertheless. “I was utterly shocked to read President Trump’s remarks about the pope. Nowhere in modern history have we witnessed such verbal recklessness against an institution as…
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