Catholic Bishops Flame Trump for Mocking Pope in Crazy Post [View all]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 3 2025 4:39PM EDT
Published May 3 2025 4:33PM EDT


New York’s Catholic bishops—led by Trump‘s favorite cardinal—sharply rebuked the president over an AI-generated photo he posted of himself as pope.

“There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President,” the New York Catholic Conference of Bishops said in a post on X Saturday. “We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us.” The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Beast’s request for comment on the bishops’ statement.

Trump, a non-Catholic, posted an AI-generated photo of himself in papal white robes and a gilded mitre to Truth Social on Friday. The White House’s official X account later shared the post. Asked earlier this week who should replace the late Pope Francis, who died last month, Trump joked that it should be him.

However, he later suggested that it could be New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan. “I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens,” he told reporters earlier this week. Dolan is the leader of New York’s conference of bishops, which condemned Trump over the post. The 75-year-old cardinal has long been an ally of Trump.

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