Imagine that Martin Luther had scrawled his 95 Theses on the back of a Denny’s menu and nailed it to the doors of the nearest church and you get the picture of Donald Trump’s polemic against Pope Leo XIV.

The President’s TruthSocial rant against the Holy Father is highly offensive, of course. Show some respect for the Vicar of Christ. That’s not to mention the follow-up post in which he shared an AI-generated image of himself mocked up as Jesus Christ healing the sick. Given the condition of his second term in office, Trump might focus on trying to raise the dead.

Although a man of peace, the Pope has several options for retaliation. He could deploy a battalion of nuns from the Sisters of the Splintered Ruler to give the presidential knuckles what-for. Or he could send in the Jesuits, the Navy Seals of Catholicism, for a spot of........

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