Trump’s Pope picture « is a deep insult to Catholics »
The New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has criticized US President Donald Trump as a Pope for the AI generated picture. Trump left a bad impression with this campaign, said Dolan, according to the newspaper « La Repubblica » on Sunday in Rome. « It was not a good thing, » said the Pope voter before the conclave, which started on Wednesday.
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The Bishop of Springfield/Illinois, Thomas Paprocki, commented more decisively. He called for an apology from Trump on X. « This is a deep insult to Catholics, » he wrote. This applies all the more as « we still mourn the death of Pope Francis and pray for the leadership of the Holy Spirit for the choice of our new Pope ».
The White House had spread a photo of the US president on social media on Friday (local time). It shows Trump in a white soutane with mitra, chest cross and raised index finger on a bishop’s chair. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did not want to put any statement on Trump’s AI picture even on multiple demand from journalists.
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Trump had participated in the burial of Pope Francis in Rome a week ago. The president later joked that he would like to be a Pope himself and added: « That would be my first choice ». Trump added that he had no preferences who should emerge from the election – but then brought a possible candidate into play.
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« I have to say we have a cardinal who happens to come from a place called New York and is very good, » said the US President, who thus referred to the New York archbishop Timothy Dolan. Dolan and Trump have been familiar for years. The cardinal also kept a prayer for both inaugurates from Trump.
