Pope Leo XIV denounces the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran

A big part of US aggression is the belief that nobody could fight back.

Who had "papal excommunication of world leaders coming back into vogue" on their bingo card?

>*“Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.”* Hoo boy. First JD the “Catholic” and now Pete the “Christian.” Not a good sign when the first US-born Pope calls you out on the world stage. Here’s hoping that Papa Leo the ANTIFA will go for the trifecta with the next and best proxy smiting of all.

The Vatican knew what they were doing by choosing an American pope.

My mother is a 96-year-old Irish catholic, and she LOVED Pope Francis. He walked the walk of living simply, without trappings of wealth, and prioritising ministry of those most in need. The fact that he was a Jesuit and so had intellectual cred was a big plus. She was devastated when he died. In truth, I don’t think anybody they would have picked for Pope would’ve made her happy. She’s still mourns the loss of Francis to the world today, and she misses his influence in her life. But when they picked a guy from South Chicago, she was genuinely peeved. Like, we all knew when they picked Benedict that it was a dreadful dreadful pick. But she really worried about a pope from the USA. Because she has lived her life in a world where the USA has constantly thrown its weight around and assumed the right to tell everybody else how to live their lives. And because she is of that generation of Catholics, she understands what it means to be a member of each particular order. She was not happy that he was an Augustinian. Too theoretical, not enough focus on helping your actual fellow man. Then it was announced that he was going to go back and live in the Papal apartments that Francis had rejected. That was it! Leo was condemned in her mind. I was actually more optimistic about him. He had spent his life serving in Peru. He was clearly more conservative, yet he seemed to be a compromise candidate who could bring the two warring factions of the Catholic Church into some kind of harmony. He had taken Peruvian citizenship, which I felt symbolically was important. And Francis had appointed him a Cardinal in his last year. I figured if he was good enough for Francis, who was I to doubt him? Anyway, Leo has maintained very traditional views on issues such as married priests and women in the priesthood. But as soon as Trump started pulling Maga shit, Leo was quick to call the behaviours out. I enjoyed seeing a south Chicago boy give the Long Island suburbanite a dose of reality. In the last 2 to 3 months, Leo has focused relentlessly on the unacceptability of what the Trump presidency is doing. And true to his Augustinian training, he has based these statements on what is said in the Bible, and the deep philosophy of Augustinian theology. No, of course Trump doesn’t care about what the Pope says, even if he was capable of processing these statements. Neither does Hegseth, who probably has no respect for the pope as a fundamentalist Christian. JD Vance, if he was being true to himself, would find these statements difficult to ignore. Unfortunately, there was a time when Vance condemned Trump. He seems to have made the decision to abandon principles for power. Leo’s statements are continual commentary on what is required of a Just Leader. They tell us Catholics (even the dreaded À la Carte Catholics like myself) that no, we’re not losing our minds, we are living in truly desperate times. And they are an unspoken rebuke to Pius XI and XII who absolutely should’ve been as vocal in condemning Hitler in the 1930s and 40s. Pope Francis will always be #1 in Mum’s ranking of popes. But Leo has unexpectedly achieved the #2 spot! In these days when we brace ourselves to look at the news, announcement from Pope Leo are genuine causes for joy. Not that it lessens at all the impact of what is being done by Trump and Netanyahu. But because it tells us that we are not insane, that we are right to believe that these men are evil, and that we must hope for better days.

Good for him i like this Pope actually

Not religious but as someone who grew up catholic, its nice to see the Pope calling out the hypocrisy. I have many issues with organized religion but generally it preaches peace, helping others, putting others before yourself, denouncing greed, etc. Using religion as rationale for a war of aggression, or any violence that isn't to defend others is inherently hypocritical and no one could look at the teachings of Jesus or the christian/catholic church and argue otherwise

Careful there Mr. Pope, Whiskey Sec. Pete can Avignon your ass in three days flat. – Pentagon, probably.

The pope is making accurate assessment of Trump in the header.

The man pretends to represent an omnipotent being

I wish the Pope would excommunicate JD Vance and ban him from the Vatican. Seems unlikely, but Vance has done enough evil to justify it at this point.

Yes, just one of many delusions. I feel like Monty Python could redo the entire Spanish Inquisition sketch by just naming more and more delusions fueling Trumpism.

God Bless, and protect our pope. 

Doesn’t the Vatican have shit loads of old money, and gold, and membership (tidings?) and everything else to be able to extinguish these flames? F****** bury them somehow

Pope Leo. If you continue speaking out in favor of peace and against this evil, I promise I will stop trying to convince people of my personal negative view of the Catholic Church.

I love the pope and the sentiment. But, tbf, this is a pretty amazing bit of dark irony coming from the Holy See.

Does Trump even know what the word “omnipotence” means? 😂😂😂

This Pope is great.

Consistency with Character: God's omnipotence does not mean He can act against His own nature. He cannot lie or perform evil actions, as these would contradict His perfect character. His power is always exercised in accordance with His justice, truth, and love

Trump (through Israel) did a Putin... And like Putin was fed a lie and has faced unexpected resistance. Unlike Putin, he doesn't have the power to waste 100s of thousands of troops as there are limits.

"Delusions of omnipotence" is pretty rich coming from an office that has declared itself to be infallible.

Pope Leo has no power here. The usa was built on the fundamental belief that the pope has no power in affairs of the us government.

Delusion of omnipotence leads to impotence

Literal ironic from a man who claims to be infallible.

The pope should run for president

Isn't peace reachable through peaceful means?

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Two for two in a row for not absolutely [complete] piece's of shit Pope's. These are wild times.