President Trump is portrayed alongside Pope Francis, who passed away last month at the Vatican in 2017. Trump posted on social media on Friday.
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The Catholic leader and at least one US Catholic group have criticised President Trump after posting it on social media.
Trump I posted an image On his true social account on Friday night, and right after it was over Reposted by the White House On the official X account.
Trump traveled to the Vatican late last month. Please attend the funeral Pope Francis’s I’m dead A few days ago, I was 88 years old. Pope Conclave to elect the next Pope Set it to start on wednesday.
The image shows the Pope’s traditional white cassock playing cards, wearing a golden cross around his neck and an iconic Pope hat and miter.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, who is friendly with Trump; I told a journalist On a Roman Sunday morning, he wanted Trump to “have nothing to do with” the image. When asked if Dolan had angered him, he said, “It wasn’t good.”
New York State Catholic Conference I said in the post X: “There’s nothing clever or funny about this image. President. We’ve buried our beloved Pope Francis. Cardinals are about to enter a strict conclave to elect a new successor to St. Peter. Don’t laugh at us.”
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield Parish, Illinois I said in a Facebook post By publishing the image “Trump laughs at God, the Catholic Church, and the Pope.”
Paprokki added that the image is “deeply offensive.” Especially as Catholics continue to lament Pope Francis and prepare for the Pope Conclave. “President Trump owes an apology to Catholics and to all people of good intentions,” he said.
The White House did not immediately respond to NPR’s request for comment on Sunday morning.
but, Reported by the Associated Press “He was a stubborn champion for Catholics and religious freedom, saying that President Trump flew to Italy to pay tribute to Pope Francis and attended the funeral.”
Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019; I said it on social media Saturday afternoon”[a]The general rule of sa, I’m fine with those who are joking, and not with those who start a stupid war that kills thousands of compatriots. ”
Last week, when I was asked by a reporter Who wants to see the elected Pope, Trump, before adding, “I want to be the Pope. That’s my number one choice,” he said, “No, I don’t know, I don’t like it. We have to say that there is a cardinal that just happens to be out of a place called New York” – an obvious reference to Dolan.
