MAGA goes into meltdown branding Pope Leo 'woke marxist' and 'never Trump-er' New American Pope Robert Prevost is already receiving harsh criticism from conservative and MAGA voices due to his past rebukes of many of the Trump administration's policies

The new Pope Robert Prevost faces backlash from MAGA supporters

Robert Francis Prevost: the moderate, good-humoured first US pope Colleagues recall a calm and grounded leader capable of moderating between factions, with a strong connection to his predecessor * New pope chosen: latest updates * Share your views on Pope Leo XIV Robert Francis Prevost – who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV – may not be the Latin American Jesuit wildcard that his predecessor, Pope Francis, was, but his election is similarly historic. In the figure of the 69-year-old former head of the Augustinian order, the Roman Catholic church has its very first US leader. Until Thursday evening, the idea of the fisherman’s ring being slipped on to a North American hand was seen as a fairly distant possibility. The Vatican’s longstanding opposition to a US pope stemmed largely from the optics of having a pontiff from a political superpower and a country with such a hegemonic cultural and secular global influence. Continue reading...

Robert Francis Prevost: the moderate, good-humoured first US pope

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