Not all Americans are pleased with the new Pope – Diepresse.com

Rome has his first bishop from the USA. The new Pope is the 267th head of the Catholic Church since St. Peter. The American with a birthplace Chicago recently headed the important dicasterium for the bishops as a curia. He used to be a missionary and bishop in Peru and general priority of the Augustinian order.

But with Robert Francis Prevost, the 133 cardinals entitled to vote in the conclave have probably not decided on the favorite of US President Donald Trump on the list of « Papabili ». Robert Francis Prevost has so far not held back criticism of President Trump.

Congratulate Vance and Trump

Nevertheless, Donald Trump congratulates: « Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has just been appointed Pope. It is a great honor to know that he is the first American pope. What excitement and what a great honor for our country, » Trump wrote a posting on social media. He looks forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. « It will be a very important moment! »

Trump’s Vice, JD Vance also congratulated. And that despite the fact that the new Pope criticized Vice Vance in February, who had caused excitement with a nationalist reading of the concept of Catholic charity. Vance misunderstood Jesus, he said. « I am sure that millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work at the top of the church, » Vance now wrote on X: « God bless him! »

« He is against Trump »

Other words come from the Maga community: Laura Loomer, the ultra -right influencer, who is supposed to flap Donald Trump in personnel decisionsFinds hard words: « He is against Trump, against Maga, for open borders and a total Marxist like Pope Francis, » she writes there. Catholics would not have to expect anything from him. And further: « Just another Marxist puppet in the Vatican ». (BSch)