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U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT RESPONDING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON POPE LEO XIV

4/13/2026
“I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.”
– Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, President, USCCB