Bishop Robert Barron says Trump owes Pope Leo XIV a public apology

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Bishop Robert Barron mentioned Monday that President Donald Trump owes Pope Leo XIV an apology after Trump posted a scathing message about Leo in a Reality Social publish.

"The statements made by President Trump on Reality Social concerning the Pope had been totally inappropriate and disrespectful," Barron mentioned in an X publish. "They don’t contribute in any respect to a constructive dialog. It's the Pope’s prerogative to articulate Catholic doctrine and the ideas that govern the ethical life. In regard to the concrete utility of these ideas, folks of excellent will can and do disagree."

"I might warmly advocate that severe Catholics throughout the Trump administration — Secretary Rubio, Vice President Vance, Ambassador Brian Burch, and others — may meet with Vatican officers in order that an actual dialogue can happen," he continued. "That is far preferable to the statements on social media."

"I'm very grateful for the numerous ways in which the Trump administration has reached out to Catholics and different folks of religion," Barron added. "It has been a excessive honor to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission . No President in my lifetime has proven a higher dedication to defending our first liberty. All that mentioned, I believe the President owes the Pope an apology."

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Bishop Robert Barron, accompanied by President Donald Trump and different spiritual leaders, speaks throughout a Nationwide Day of Prayer occasion within the Rose Backyard on the White Home on Could 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Picture by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)

Barron’s response was to a Sunday Truth Social post from Trump the place the president referred to as Pope Leo out for his stance on overseas coverage and the Iran warfare.

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and horrible for Foreign Policy ," Trump wrote on Reality Social. "He talks about ‘worry’ of the Trump Administration, however doesn’t point out the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all different Christian Organizations, had throughout COVID once they had been arresting clergymen, ministers, and all people else, for holding Church Providers, even when going exterior, and being ten and even twenty ft aside."

Trump went on to say that he likes Louis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV's brother, greater than the pope.

"I like his brother Louis significantly better than I like him, as a result of Louis is all MAGA," the president wrote. "He will get it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t need a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t need a Pope who thinks it’s horrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Nation that was sending large quantities of Medication into the US and, even worse, emptying their prisons, together with murderers, drug sellers, and killers, into our Nation."

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to the media on the U.S.-Israeli battle with Iran, as he leaves the papal residence to move again to the Vatican, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, April 7, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Trump additionally defended himself, saying he's doing what he was elected to do.

"And I don’t need a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States as a result of I’m doing precisely what I used to be elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting File Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Best Inventory Market in Historical past," Trump mentioned. "Leo needs to be grateful as a result of, as everybody is aware of, he was a surprising shock. He wasn’t on any checklist to be Pope, and was solely put there by the Church as a result of he was an American, and so they thought that might be one of the simplest ways to take care of President Donald J. Trump."

The president added, "If I wasn’t within the White Home, Leo wouldn’t be within the Vatican. Sadly, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, doesn't sit effectively with me, nor does the truth that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who's a kind of who wished churchgoers and clerics to be arrested."

"Leo ought to get his act collectively as Pope , use Widespread Sense, cease catering to the Radical Left, and deal with being a Nice Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, extra importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP," Trump wrote.

POPE LEO PICKS NEW VATICAN AMBASSADOR TO US AS TRUMP TENSIONS MOUNT OVER POLICIES

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace on the Vatican on March 1, 2026. The pontiff warned that escalating violence within the Center East dangers changing into an "irreparable abyss." (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Pope Leo XIV instructed reporters on Monday that he's unafraid of Trump .

"I've no worry of the Trump administration," Pope Leo instructed reporters on the papal airplane touring to Algeria.

Pope Leo added, "The message of the church, my message, the message of the Gospel : Blessed are the Peacemakers. I don't take a look at my function as being political, a politician."

Bishop Robert Barron, head of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota, condemned the blasphemous Final Supper show featured on the opening ceremony of the Summer season Olympics in Paris. (Phrase on Fireplace Ministries)