"Woke Is Against God's Law": 27 People Are Sharing How They Feel About Da Pope's Ongoing Criticism Of The Trump Administration

If I accidental "peace beryllium with you," and the sleeper cause successful you automatically wakes up and says, "and besides with you," I'd beryllium consenting to stake you cognize what's going connected with Pope Leo XIV and Donald Trump.

For the remainder of you — the archetypal American-born pope and the president of the United States person been beefing beauteous hard.

After astir a twelvemonth of the pope preaching stances similar being anti-war and pro-universal healthcare, Trump went connected a rant saying Pope Leo XIV is "weak connected Crime" and caters to "the Radical Left." He besides posted a representation of himself, seemingly dressed arsenic Jesus, past deleted it and said helium thought it depicted him arsenic a Red Cross doctor.

AAAND determination were reports that the Pentagon "lectured" a Vatican official, saying, "the United States has the subject powerfulness to bash immoderate it wants — and that the Church had amended instrumentality its side."

Very mean worldly happening, arsenic always!

Based connected his caller response, it seems similar Da Pope wasn't excessively bothered by immoderate of it, though. He said, "I don't privation to get into a statement with him. I don't deliberation that the connection of the gospel is meant to beryllium abused successful the mode that immoderate radical are doing, and I volition proceed to talk retired loudly against war."

But there's been a batch of speech astir however Trump's behaviour towards the pope is affecting Christians who person supported him. Or whether oregon not radical deliberation the pope should beryllium commenting connected satellite events astatine all.

Recently, we asked Catholics and atheists successful our BuzzFeed Community however they were feeling astir the ongoing struggle betwixt Trump and Pope Leo XIV. Here's what immoderate of you said:

1. "My in-laws are precise Catholic and precise MAGA...It is genuinely entertaining watching them twist themselves into pretzels trying to level both. I sometimes consciousness atrocious for them due to the fact that you tin spot the struggle successful their faces."

—angelicwalrus106

2. "I was raised Catholic, but I'm an atheist now. I've ne'er been truthful blessed astir a pope."

"As an American, he's saying what needs to beryllium said astir the church. They request to signifier what they preach. You're pro-life? Stop wars. You commune to Mother Mary? Maybe respect women. The magnitude of 'Christian' Republicans who deliberation they cognize amended than the existent pope astounds me."

—Anonymous, 33, Male, Democrat, Arizona

3. "I'm not a Catholic, but mightiness convert, arsenic Pope Leo is restoring my faith. Our president does not person immoderate motivation values — his values are based connected greed, self-adulation, and bigotry."

—Anonymous, 55, Female, Democrat, West Virginia

4. "Strongly judge successful separation of authorities and church, but that doesn't mean spiritual leaders shouldn't telephone retired injustice oregon evil erstwhile they spot it, conscionable arsenic each national should."

—glitteryduck148

5. "As acold arsenic the part of religion and state, arsenic agelong arsenic Hegseth invokes the sanction of God arsenic justification for war, it is wholly due for the pope to comment."

—Anonymous, 75, Female, Independent, Pennsylvania

6. "Woke is against God's instrumentality and has been and volition everlastingly be, nary substance what immoderate pope says."

—Anonymous

7. "It's NOT woke. It's pursuing the teachings of the Bible. Everyone should knock Trump."

—Anonymous

8. "Donald Dump doesn't support his opinions to himself, truthful wherefore should Pope Leo? I'm gladsome astatine slightest 1 of the 2 leaders is WOKE. We request much woke leaders successful the world, alternatively than those that autumn dormant successful their ain meetings!"

—Anonymous, 57, Female, No enactment preference, Central Florida

9. "I'm not Catholic, but I emotion this Pope. He says what existent Christians are thinking."

—oddtruck9481

10. "Can Pope Leo beryllium president, please? So we tin get escaped of this manbaby maniac that we person successful Washington that we're expected to telephone president. Not my president!"

—Anonymous, 75. Female, Democrat, Iowa

11. "Pope Leo is simply pointing retired a truth; he's not saying hold oregon get expelled. He is not threatening anyone — helium is pointing retired the cruelty and harm being done. And helium is not limiting it immoderate 1 radical of people. However, helium is utilizing his presumption to advocator for each people, for empathy. I powerfully judge successful the separation of religion and state; however, the pope is trying to prevention the lives of each people, adjacent those helium disagrees with. Of all, not conscionable Catholics."

—sharpskull6523

12. "Pope should ever commune for peace, but not nonstop his comments to immoderate 1 leader."

—Anonymous

13. "I enactment Pope Leo and privation helium were adjacent much outspoken and captious of this administration. The heinous injustices committed domestically and abroad, successful the sanction of American interests, are sickening. Much of this is besides done nether the guise of faux Christianity, truthful it's refreshing to perceive a existent Christian person talk out."

—Anonymous, 39, Male, Liberal, Chicago, Illinois

14. "Take attraction of the religion and fto Trump instrumentality attraction of the US."

—Anonymous

15. "As a cradle Roman Catholic and theology pupil of respective years, I spot that Pope Leo XIV is conscionable telling the satellite what the Church has ever been about. He preaches the words of Jesus successful the Gospel. Caring for the mediocre and vulnerable, practicing solidarity, and surviving successful the Beatitudes that say, 'blessed are the peacemakers.' None of this is new. In a satellite wherever we often consciousness lost, confused, and without hope, Pope Leo XIV is doing his occupation of reminding the satellite what existent bid looks similar and giving america crushed to hope. This is what the satellite desperately needs."

—Anonymous, 32, Female, St. Louis, Missouri

16. "Even if [Trump] became pope, helium would ne'er spot God!"

—Anonymous, 61, Male, Democrat, California

17. "I privation the pope would telephone MAGA and Trump retired much than helium already has. My anticipation is that erstwhile helium does this, maybe, conscionable maybe, a Christian that supports this evil authorities stops to analyse what MAGA and Trump basal for and the harm they've done. Even if it's conscionable 1 person, they are the mislaid sheep, and it's worthy it to permission the flock down to find that 1 person. Besides this being the close happening to do, we should beryllium counteracting each of those blimpish Christian nationalist movements whenever and nevertheless we can. They are not shy astir blasting their distorted messages. Let the pope and those who recognize the teachings of Christ beryllium louder!"

—Anonymous, 40, Female, Liberal, Pennsylvania

18. "Trump is anti-Christian, if not the antichrist. He has breached each 1 of the Ten Commandments and is blameworthy of the 7 deadly sins, each portion demonstrating nary of the 8 Beatitudes. So the world, including the pope, is close successful calling him out."

—Anonymous, 78, Male, No enactment preference, California

19. "Regardless of religion, the pope is simply a caput of state. As such, helium tin connection criticism."

—Anonymous, 68, Female, Democrat, Ohio

20. "I grew up Catholic and stopped practicing owed to the acheronian past of the church. However, I ne'er stopped believing successful its halfway tenets. Love thy neighbor, etc. So it fills maine with anticipation seeing our pope instrumentality a basal for peace, love, and justness successful the look of the existent US regime. The existent president does not embody immoderate motivation quality trait that is taught by the church."

"He is the antithesis of those teachings and falsely believes (like his base) that their presumption of vertical morality justifies their words and actions. It does not. The pope is simply mirroring the Golden Rule, and it is getting nether the regime's skin. Good. Zooming out, it is besides a astonishing twist that some the Pope and the president are achromatic men from the United States, but person vastly antithetic views created by their ain beingness experiences. One is for bid and inclusion, the different for discord and division. I americium arrogant of the pope for speaking retired astir the injustices perpetuated by the existent US authorities and anticipation helium and different morally close individuals with global, local, oregon household power proceed to talk up."

—Anonymous, 39, Male, New York City, New York

21. "Donald Trump is antithetical to each Christian rule each infinitesimal helium lives his waking existence. That isn't opinion. He provides america with the receipts. The pope's connection ne'er changes: emotion and dainty others with dignity. Trump's connection ne'er changes: hatred and settee scores against, and nett from, others, nary substance the cost."

—Anonymous, 48, Female, Conservative-but-definitely-not-MAGA-or-even-Republican, Indiana

22. "Trump hates anyone with much power than helium has. Thus, his tendency to beryllium the pope. Trump says he's anti-war. The pope really is anti-war. The opposition is inevitable."

—Anonymous

23. "I hold with the pope and privation helium would spell adjacent further and excommunicate the 'Catholic' members of the Trump administration."

—Anonymous

24. "Easy. One is simply a person of peace, pursuing the teachings of peace, and 1 is simply a narcissist. There is simply a monolithic quality betwixt those who unrecorded similar Christ and those who telephone themselves Christians. Anyone of immoderate content strategy should beryllium capable to spot done Trump's lies."

—Anonymous, 25, Female, Leftist, Ohio

25. "Maybe the pope tin enactment the fearfulness of deity into [Trump]."

—Anonymous, 34, Female, Democrat, New York

26. "This pope is beardown capable for maine to power from Protestant to Catholic. He's the lone 1 who stands up to Antichrist Trump."

—Anonymous, Old, Female, Former Republican

27. "I haven't been capable to spell to religion since MAGA and the Christian nationalists took distant women's healthcare and threatened to instrumentality overmuch more. I simply couldn't beryllium astir radical who pervert the Bible and usage Jesus to someway warrant the crap they privation to do. How tin you work the Bible and deliberation what is happening is OK? Honestly, the pope is simply sounding similar helium READ THE BIBLE. Take attraction of the poor, beryllium kind, assistance the little fortunate, invited your neighbors, and commune for peace. Literally, what are we upset about?"

—Anonymous

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