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Pope Leo XIV, a critical voice against Donald Trump's policies, his tweets revealed

2025-05-08 21:08:33Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pope Leo XIV, a critical voice against Donald Trump's policies, his tweets
Pope Leo XIV

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has spent years amplifying criticism of US President Trump's policies on social media, mainly opposing his policies on migration.

Leo XIV, until Thursday known as Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has shared or reposted the thoughts of colleagues using his verified account @drprevost on the social network "X", formerly known as Twitter.

His last post on "X" before being elected by the Conclave in the Sistine Chapel was a repost of a message from Philadelphia-based Catholic commentator Rocco Palmo, who on April 14 criticized Trump's partnership with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on the deportation of illegal immigrants.

The message reads: “As Trump and Bukele exploit the illegal deportation of a US resident by the feds…once an uneducated Salvadoran, now DC auxiliary bishop Evelio [Menjivar] asks: ‘Don’t you see the suffering? Doesn’t your conscience bother you? How can you remain calm?’”

On February 3, Prevost shared a link to a National Catholic Reporter article titled “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to list our love for others.”

That article contradicts a statement Trump's vice president made during a Fox News interview on January 29, in which he stated: "There's a Christian concept that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens, and then after that, you prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far left has completely subverted that."

Prevost was also an active commentator on American politics during Trump's first term, in 2017 reposting a post by Palmo that said: "Calling the refugee ban 'a dark hour in US history,' [Archbishop of Chicago] Blase [Cupich] says 'the world is watching us as we abandon our commitment to American values.'"

Also in January 2017, the new Pope reposted a message from Jesuit priest James Martin, where he wrote: "Are we stopping all Syrian refugees? Men, women and children who need help? What an immoral nation we are becoming. Jesus weeps."

Prevost emerged as a surprise choice to be the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, as his name had not been mentioned as a possibility before the two-day conclave.

The Pope's initial blessing, given in Latin and Spanish, paid homage to Pope Francis' stance and emphasized that the Catholic church should welcome "everyone," similar to the diverse and international crowd that gathered in Vatican Square.

His choice of name, Leo XIV, may also be a signal that he wants to continue the legacy of Leo XIII, who was known as the "Workers' Pope," and had the third-longest verifiable reign, lasting from 1878 to 1903.

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