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Terry Glavin: The Pope vs. Trump saga is a propaganda boon for Iran

Tension between Washington and Rome has been building for months

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“‘Unhinged & UnChristian’: Global outrage erupts after Trump attacks Pope, poses as Jesus.” That’s a headline that you wouldn’t be surprised to find in any of the more liberal American news platforms at the moment. And it wouldn’t be what President Donald Trump likes to call fake news, either.

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“The leadership of Pope Leo XIV inspires millions” is an assertion that could be convincingly attributed to, say, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, or perhaps California Governor Gavin Newsom, who happens to be a Roman Catholic.

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In response to an especially deranged Truth Social Post in which the president used AI imagery to depict himself as Jesus Christ, it might have been Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who said “the desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood, is not acceptable to any free person.” Or it could have been, say, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the Catholic archbishop of Newark, N.J.

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