What better way to rebuke Trump than to elect an American Pope who is almost his complete opposite

Works for me! Deo volente.

Yet another "election" that is a reaction and repudiation to tRump and what he stands for.

Sticks it to Trump right away!

Let's start with reversing your position on birth control and abortion. Til then I'm not really interested.

Trump's response: There will be tariffs on Popes.

Conclave interference and fraud. I'm the new pope.

I like him already...

gotta find new communities for all those pedophiles, right?

Amen

He’s my Pope - and I’m a Unitarian!

"Thank God Elon shut down USAID." -Franklin Graham

How about giving women reproductive rights?

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Cool. Guess we'll find out if he means bridges and not walls to fascism as time unfolds.

Maybe there is #Hope yet!!

The Catholic Church just jammed that MAGA thumbs up in Trump's eye and, like Canada, they don't like Donnie Unrepetant and JD Ick either.

❤️

So when does Trump start bad-mouthing him ?

Song of the Day 5/9/25 It’s A Hard Life Wherever You Go And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood In the night when his children should sleep But, they slip to their window and they see him And they think that white hood's all they need /1 youtu.be/a9lUG4gBjSE?...

It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all that they'll know I was a child in the sixties Dreams could be held through TV With Disney, and Cronkite, and Martin Luther Oh, I believed, I believed, I believed I’m Team Leo/Empathy NOT Fascism! /2

Sounds like the Pope has been reading the bible.

As an atheist, im fully on board with that! (I cover politics and social issues, focusing on fighting fascism and raising awareness about key injustices. Please follow me if interested!)

I like the fact that the first Amercan Pope is very "quotable"

Oh boy this could get interesting...

THIS MAN HAS BEEN POPE ALL OF 30 SECONDS AND ALREADY HE IS BEING JUDGED, CRITICIZED AND HUNG ON DA CROSS OF DOUBT!! DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE IN CHANCES ANYMORE? OF COURSE YOU DO, YOU ELECTED THE MOST UNGODLY MAN IN AMERICA TO LEAD THE FREE WORLD BACK INTO BONDAGE!! SHUT UUUUUUP!!

It's nice to say. Ask the native peoples of North and South America how well that's worked out.

I cried hearing a world leader talk about peace

Inb4 being shit on lgbtq issues like every other pope. Pretty words, shit people.

I call BS on your comment.

You go ahead and do that while being unable to find a single pope with decent LGBTQ views.

His first speech gives me hope.

I didn't know catholic priests did it missionary. They always got me from behind while I was standing up. Until they heard me in choir and my voice wasn't high enough so then they chopped off my testicles.

This is a powerful message

I don't think Trump will like that! But he really doesn't do religion anywho 😜

Maga is going nuts and already hates him. That means he is going to be a GOOD POPE!

From NBC: The pope's most recent post is a repost which calls out Trump and Bukele for laughing about the expulsion of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. It links to an article in which Bishop Evelio Menjivar asks of Catholics regarding Abrego Garcia: "Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?"

From NBC: In February, he reposted Nat'l Catholic Reporter: "JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others," in which the post rebuts Vance's claim that Christians prioritize loving people close to them before those from other countries.

Nice sentiment about building bridges but not the missionary part. I dislike when people try to convert you.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh please. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh wow. Pissing off the right wingers immediately. Good sign.

Is a missionary church one that builds bridges while being face to face?

Oh shit. That means recruiting on street corners.

As an atheist, this pope has my utmost approval and respect 🤝

I'm interested to see if he crack down on the right wing fascist of Opus Dei inside of the church like Pope Francis was reported as trying to do in the last year of his life.

Down with the anti-lgbt pope

A pope from one of the wealthiest countries in the world, who had one of the wealthiest parishes, is about to tell people they need to look after the poor. Catholic Church in a nutshell

Mother Teresa always got the finest healthcare money could buy. While people in surrounding communities where she “served” suffered greatly.

I’m an ex-Catholic but this new pope is an American/Peruvian & was head of a parish in Peru & is a Peruvian citizen. So he hasn’t been in the U.S. in a very long time. There was a reason Pope Francis wanted this man 2 succeed him. He brought him 2 Rome in 2015 to head the Latin American contingency

Shut up. My Catholic church was the poorest in the USA. They do a lot for the poor. Wtf do you know?

Then open up the Vatican and let us see whats behind them walls and let us see how much gold ya'll have and then tell us why all you grown-ass men are still allegedly celibate. That is not a virtue. If every man did that, then we would be disobeying the word of God: Be fruitful and multiply.

He is a great choice! I loved that he prayed to Divine Mother asking for Her blessings. He is from a monastic order. His calm and spirituality were on full display.

I hope Pope Leo introduces a new order the Servants of the Children of Light, who “drawing from the rich tradition of St. Benedict, serve the Church by contemplative prayer, and have the apostolate of Catholic Montessori education.” servantsofthechildrenoflight.org

EVEN NON-RELIGIOUS AMERICANS ARE RELIEVED: NO LONGER WILL WE SOLELY BE KNOWN FOR OUR DESPICABLE, CRUEL, INCOMPETENT TYRANT TRUMP. AMERICA HAS NOW PRODUCED AN INTELLIGENT, COMPASSIONATE LEADER. A MORAL LEADER WHO KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR THE LEAST OF US, RATHER THAN ONLY ENRICHING HIMSELF.

Perfectly said.