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Laura Loomer lamented that the new pope ‘is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis,’ adding that it’s ‘GROSS’ that he now leads the Catholic Church

It didn’t take long for right-wing media figures and MAGA provocateurs to cry out in rage over the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV after it was revealed that he’d publicly criticized JD Vance and expressed sympathy for immigrants and George Floyd.

Despite feeling national pride over the fact that the Chicago-born Prevost has become the first American pope in history, conservative pundits and Trump loyalists fumed over the “WOKE MARXIST POPE” and complained that he is “worse than Francis,” referencing the previous pontiff known for his progressive values.

Even before the “dark horse” American cardinal was elected the 267th pope, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon warned about Prevost’s views, claiming that he would be a poor choice for the MAGA movement.

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[–] opus86@lemmy.today 3 points 20 minutes ago

The pope doesn't like evil? Huh, imagine that.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 1 points 49 seconds ago

I knew it-- just KNEW IT-- the moment we learned the new Pope was American, I knew the MAGAt moron brigade would immediately be expecting the guy to be some gob-slobbering jackass racist like them, expecting him to start licking drumpf's toes.

The fact the Pope isn't going to be ordered around by King Damp Pants is going to be a talking point for Faux "news" Entertainment for a while lol

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 24 points 3 hours ago

I love how they lost their shit about an American speaking Italian, in Italy, to a shit load of Italians.

The American nationalism has truly rotted their brains.

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 35 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Woke Marxist Pope? Well shit, I just might start going to church again

[–] Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world 2 points 20 minutes ago

Same here lol

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 77 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I just want to add. Anyone that ACTUALLY FOLLOWS the teachings of the bible, cannot with good conscious support Donald Trump.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I would be surprised if there are more than a couple hundred people in the US who have ever actually read the bible.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

Most people don't read the entire bible and churches try to avoid it by doing "bible study" where they cherry pick sections that sound good. They avoid the bits about god allowing owning slaves, god telling his people to kill everyone in the area but keep the virgin young girls as rape slaves, and all the other juicy bits in the bible.

It's a horrible book and the god character is a monster.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

That's just silly. Many millions likely have. But I get your point.

[–] pornpornporn@lemmynsfw.com 74 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

MAGA hating the new pope is the biggest compliment he could possibly get

[–] LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago

Yep I'd be crying with joy if I were him

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Are we talking about the one that died or his new replacement?

Edit: its about the new Pope (Pope Leo) not the old pope (pope Francis). Apparently the dead progressive pope was replaced with another progressive pope. Cool

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Well, Francis had as many good takes as bad takes. Some people described him as "strategically trying to piss off as many people as possible."

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[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Old pope appointed the bishops who appointed new pope so liberal was pretty much guaranteed. The American thing was a surprise.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

The last one was American too tho

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So then he was SOUTH American.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And the new one is NORTH American.

People using "American" to refer to anyone from the western continent (from a euro centric perspective) is conventional in some parts or the world. It's not the convention in Canada, we bristle at the thought of being labeled Americans.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yes, but not US of American.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe the church knows better than to have a concordat with the nazis this time.

Maybe.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. There are still a large number of unpunished child raping fuckers under their protection.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago

As I told my mother and father yesterday, I firmly believe that under the Trump regime that if for any reason this new Pope comes to America that he'll either be captured and tortured before being killed or just straight up killed for being a traitor.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 hours ago

GOOD! that means he was the right choice...

[–] vala@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Are they actually saying "Marxist" now? That's new.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

This article basically just gives a platform to right wing nutjons and their conspiracy theories

Why isn't there a single quote from Pope Leo XIV?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 26 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

He should excommunicate them all.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

I'm not catholic anymore but I'm getting real sick of people who converted because they like the vibes the religion had in the fucking 1500s.

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist

Wtf I love the pope now!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They're making him sound way cooler than he actually is

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I imagine he’s still against birth control, gay marriage, women priests, etc. He’s pretty conservative.

That said, he’s for not treating others like total shit, even people you don’t know. Also he spoke in Italian, instead of English, while giving his first speech in Italy to a crowd dominated by Italians. So MAGA hates him.

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Thank you, Jesus.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

MAGA needs to learn new words. Radical leftist marxist communists (which are all contradictory things) is pretty fucking stupid.

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