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Pope Leo XIV played the (Papal election) game exceptionally well in order to get elected last year. He had a huge obstacle to overcome; he is an American (and Peruvian), and there is a large faction in the Vatican that hates America.

Leo was seen as a compromise candidate who, although close to the radical Pope Francis, who died in 2025, was not considered as confrontational as the former pope.

That belief turned out to be very wrong.

In April 2025, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica stated that Leo was seen as a "cosmopolitan and shy figure" who was "appreciated by conservatives and progressives" within the church. The pope destroyed that illusion by going after Donald Trump in a very un-papal way.
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(From) Truth Social:

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I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.[/quote
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"The antagonistic post showed that there were really no boundaries when it comes to people Mr. Trump might target — the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is apparently fair game," says the New York Times.

Why shouldn't he be? He wants to play politics; he's going to be sullied.

Lots of people are standing up and saying that war is bad and that innocent people shouldn't have to die. The pope's message has been diluted by his comments about Trump and the war.

Leo XIV may be speaking/acting less unwisely than Leo X, but speaking ignorantly about geopolitics and pretzellating Scripture to suit his personal prejudices (or hatred) is not a spiritual leader speaking with wisdom.

generalbetrayus (1,898 posts)

One way to make Orange Julius Caesar's head explode



https://www.democraticunderground.com/119819026

If you’ve ever seen a pro-life protest, one thing that will stand out for you is the contrast between pro-life demonstrators and nearly every other protest group in America in terms of the level of peacefulness they exhibit. They are the poster children of the “peaceful protest.”
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Perhaps that in itself is why the Democrats and the left fear them so much. They are not a physical threat. They only have the power of passivism, which is most potent when the protestors have a clear and compelling message and when the very act of the protest is an act of bravery and courage and risk to one’s safety and freedom.
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Now, the DOJ is starting to correct the weaponization of that department under Biden against pro-lifers. In a statement, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice… No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.”

The DOJ just released a 900-page report that provides extensive detail on just how the Biden DOJ coordinated with leftist groups to monitor and target pro-lifers. Further, the report shows how the Biden Justice Department withheld evidence in FACE Act cases.

The DOJ report is billed as the first of several reports the Trump administration plans to release as part of its Weaponization Working Group.

As the DOJ stated, this first report focused on “the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Based on a review of over 700,000 internal records, the report not only details specific ways the Biden Justice Department weaponized federal law, but also outlines the corrective action taken by the current Justice Department to make right the wrongs of the prior administration.”

Now that he's fallen I hope he bounces when he hits bottom!