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Raymond J. de Souza: POTUS versus the pontiff

'I am not a fan of Pope Leo,' Trump said. No doubt the feeling is mutual

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“I am not a fan of Pope Leo,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday.

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Right back at you, Mr. President.

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Pope Leo XIV did not say that. He didn’t have to, given that Trump is by far the most unpopular democratic leader on the planet. Trump carries a minority of Americans at home, and precious few anywhere abroad.

“I have no fear of the Trump administration,” is what the Holy Father did say. Why would he? Increasing numbers of observers wonder if the president is not only unhinged, but perhaps not well.

At a Saturday prayer vigil for peace in Rome, Pope Leo lamented that “even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.”

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A man less narcissistic than Trump would have applied those words to the monstrous regime in Iran, which has invoked God’s name to advance terror and........

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