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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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[–] gradual@lemmings.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

Wtf I love the pope now!

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 345 points 1 day ago (19 children)

When you start calling every leader of the Catholic Church a Marxist, you've seriously lost the plot. The American right is ridiculous.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 130 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

They should cut to the chase and call Jesus a Marxist.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. Luke 12:33

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Mark 10:21

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:34-40

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[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 149 points 1 day ago (4 children)

MAGA would crucify Jesus all over again

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago

Crucify? Oh, no, no, no.

They would have him arrested and detained by plain-clothes ICE agents, held in a Texas concentration camp where he would be bundled with the "illegals," then shipped off to El Salvador to be starved and worked to death... Twice.

[–] masinko@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Jesus? That woke ass dude who believes in hand outs (feed the poor), pro-DEI (love thy neighbor), anti-capital punishment (preaches forgiveness)?

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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?

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] DBT@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

MAGA would melt down no matter who they picked because everything maga is doing right now is the opposite of what Jesus would do, and whoever is the pope is going to criticize maga for being terrible humans.

Pope 1: MAGA Bad!

Pope 2: MAGA Bad!

Highly Religious MAGA: Pope Bad!

Gotta love it.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day 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.

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 14 points 1 day ago

I didn't care about who the new pope was but he's getting more sympathetic by the minute.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Imagine being more conservative than the Catholic Church.

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[–] pinguin@fault.su 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I’m ever so closer to crossing Trump suggesting the US goes to war with the Vatican City off my 2025 bingo card…

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You're only an American If __________________

[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Funny thing is he's the first American pope.

You'd think that counts for something and they would be yelling "USA! USA! USA!". But nah, a pope espousing some actual Christian values is terrible according to them.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Also he’s a woke elitist libtard: how dare he know multiple languages well enough to give a speech in them

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