Trump Takes Jab at Vicar of Christ and Commits Blasphemy Behind Keyboard

President Donald Trump is going on a tirade, and this one is going where not many thought it would.  Yes, this is not the first time that he has had colorful comments for people. To be fair, no one saw his latest comments coming, and it does serve as a reminder of what we should be striving for on this earthly pilgrimage 

Trump took a jab at Pope Leo XIV over his anti-war comments, calling him “weak”. The pope told reporters that he “Works for peace and reconciliation based on the teachings of the Gospels”. He went on to say that his priority as pope is the gospel, not solving the world’s problems.

Trump’s comments are causing a lot of backlash. It’s just the beginning of many who will not trust him and everything he does behind the keyboard.

Archbishop Paul Coakley took it to Twitter to share his disdain for the president’s comments. He reminds us that Pope Leo is “The Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.”  He goes on to call on President Trump to find other ways to resolve conflict by stepping back from “the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of peace before more lives are lost.”

Trump didn’t just stop with his comments about the pope. Instead, he even committed blasphemy by posting on Truth Social a picture of him posing as Christ over a sick and dying person on a hospital bed.

This is appalling. A world leader whom I voted for twice wants to behave like a Sadducee. Good grief.

Perhaps, President Trump should look to Ronald Reagan and see how he led America and worked with St. John Paul the Great to bring about an end to communism and the Soviet Union without firing missiles.

He should also not try to disenfranchise his base, who got him a second term, as it is a mid-term year, and his behavior is causing people to not help the Republicans hold control in the Senate and House of Representatives, while making him a “lame duck”.

While it is easy for every Catholic to engage in a trending cesspool on social media, this can serve as a reminder that we must take this hysteria to prayer. We must pray for our Holy Father, who is enduring a spiritual attack brought on by the President of the United States. Likewise, we also pray for President Trump to soften his heart over his hurtful words that can backfire.

For the sake of charity, Mr. President, think before you unleash your inner keyboard warrior. Our country needs boldness, not divisiveness. Don’t forget that there is a Catholic revival that happened on Easter in the United States, and our pope hails from Chicago.

Bishop Joseph Strickland also reminds us that our allegiance is to Jesus Christ. As a faithful Catholic, I stand with and pray for Pope Leo XIV, the Vicar of Christ, and successor of St. Peter. As Catholics, I am Catholic first, an American second. Every Catholic must approach it in this way because our citizenship belongs to the Kingdom of God, not of the world. 

Long live Christ the King.