Palm Beach Bishop Slams Trump’s ‘Violent Attacks’ Against Pope Leo in Message to Sunday Mass Attendees

Bishop in Trump's Mar-a-Lago backyard gives sharp rebuke over spat with Pope Leo

The Catholic bishop from President Donald Trump's own backyard has issued a strong rebuke, according to a report from Metro, decrying his ongoing, one-sided spat with Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war.Trump and the MAGA movement have taken issue with the American Pope Leo since his ascent to the papacy last spring, fuming over his call for followers to treat immigrants with humanity and compassion, and his opposition to armed conflicts. This discon…

Trump hit with unusually blunt statement from priest in president's own backyard

The Catholic Church is not done with Donald Trump. Just as the president appeared to dial back his attacks on Pope Leo XIV, the Bishop of Palm Beach — whose diocese includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate — issued a scathing public scolding of Trump's "disrespectful and violent attacks" on the pontiff.According to The Daily Beast, Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, installed in his post by Pope Leo in December, issued an unusually blunt statement on S…

Palm Beach Bishop Slams Trump’s ‘Violent Attacks’ Against Pope Leo in Message to Sunday Mass Attendees

(Photo by Eric Vandeville/Abaca/Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP Images) A Catholic bishop who runs the Diocese of Palm Beach in Florida, which encompasses President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, issued a public rebuke of the president’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday. Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, recently appointed to lead the diocese, delivered the criticism during Sunday Mass by displaying a statement onto a giant screen during the s…