BREAKING NEWS: Pope Leo XIV Receives 38th Annual Liberty Medal From The Constitution Center

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSH-kMF2_1k

Pope praises US history of welcoming immigrants in implicit rebuke to Trump

Pope Leo urges Americans to live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in his first major address to the US…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/03/pope-leo-lampedusa-visit-us-250th-anniversary-trump

 

Crisis looms for Pope Leo as splinter sect seeks to ordain traditionalist bishops

The mounting tension between the Vatican and the SSPX comes as rightwing Catholics have shown an increasing willingness to tussle with the Vatican over political and theological disagreements. Some Catholics in the US, where the most influential lay members tend to be both conservative and wealthy, have supported the Trump administration even as its stances on immigration and foreign policy clash with those of the Vatican… 

The sect has been dogged throughout its history by accusations of antisemitism and ties to the extreme right. 

The Nazi collaborator and convicted war criminal Paul Touvier was arrested at an SSPX priory in France in 1989. (The SSPX said it had taken him in as an act of charity.) In 2009, an SSPX bishop told the press that he believed that no more than 300,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust. In 2013, the SSPX sparked outrage in Italy by officiating a funeral for a convicted Nazi war criminal, Erich Priebke, who had been denied burial by the Catholic diocese of Rome…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/pope-leo-far-right-bishops

 

 

Crisis looms for Pope Leo as splinter sect seeks to ordain far-right bishops

Conflict threatens to worsen mounting tensions between the Vatican and rightwing Catholics in the US and globally…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/pope-leo-far-right-bishops 

 

Pope's historic speech to Spain's parliament demands respect for migrants, gets 7-minute ovation | PBS News

"The moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to accompany, protect and love those lives that are most fragile."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/popes-historic-speech-to-spains-parliament-demands-respect-for-migrants-gets-7-minute-ovation

 

The Vatican vs. killer robots: Pope Leo XIV takes aim at AI warfare – POLITICO

"No algorithm can make war morally acceptable," he wrote, insisting artificial intelligence must be subjected to the strictest ethical constraints and accountability in warfare. "Any technology that facilitates attacks without seeing the face of human beings lowers the moral threshold of conflict."…

 https://www.politico.eu/article/the-vatican-vs-killer-robots-pope-leo-xiv-takes-aim-at-ai-warfare/

 

Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade

Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/pope-leo-rejects-claim-he-supports-nuclear-weapons-trump-tirade-iran-war

 

Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance

“I think he’s endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people,” the president added. “But I guess if it’s up to the pope, he thinks it’s just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” 

Leo has never said that Iran should have nuclear weapons, but has repeatedly opposed the war on the country and the subsequent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, calling for ceasefires and dialogue...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/donald-trump-accuses-pope-leo-of-endangering-a-lot-of-catholics-with-iran-stance 

 

Rubio says Vatican trip not aimed at assuaging tensions with Pope Leo - POLITICO

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on the pope in recent weeks, calling him “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy” in a social media tirade last month.

 “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/rubio-vatican-pope-leo-00907313

 

 

Trump vs Pope

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMTyHmNlMIU

 

Pope Leo names priest who criticized Trump's immigration crackdown as West Virginia bishop | PBS News

Each day this situation is getting worse and more ominous," Menjivar-Ayala wrote. "For weeks now, the federal government has pursued a 'shock and awe' campaign of aggressive threats and highly visible operations of questionable legality that go far beyond mere immigration 'enforcement.'"…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pope-leo-names-priest-who-criticized-trumps-immigration-crackdown-as-west-virginia-bishop

 

No More Lies, Donald | Paula Poundstone

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Why JD Vance Has The Nerve To Lecture Pope Leo On Theology. #jdvance

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RWgu1bFgEKY

Fox Host PANICS Over Trump Backlash As Desperate Pope Attack Unravels

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZf3l-Zo5c

NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Trump for Pope

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfV4WTx0LDk

 

Trump Lashes Out at the Pope AGAIN, Posts an A.I. Jesus Pic AGAIN & Distracts from Iran again.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPqPLWMLMJ0

Pope Leo speaks of 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war : NPR

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild," he stated. 

 "Blessed are the peacemakers!" he said. "But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5787753/pope-leo-takes-trump-war-tyrants-iran-africa 

Mike Johnson Just OUTRAGED CATHOLICS With MAJOR POPE MISTAKE

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wPxo4QRcj8

 

"POLITICALLY TOXIC": Nicolle reacts to JD Vance's criticism of Pope Leo

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O-H29YvyiWU?si=TimueFz6Cz4NVItL

 

Pontiff says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil

Addressing world leaders who decide to go to war, Leo said: “To them we cry out: stop! It is time for peace! Sit at the table of dialogue and mediation – not at the table where rearmament is planned and deadly actions are decided.” 

“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life,” he added…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/pope-leo-us-israel-iran-war