MAGA Bishop Demands Trump Apologize to the Pope

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Bishop Robert Barron (L), accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, and other religious leaders, speaks during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. The National Day of Prayer is a congressionally recognized observance that calls on people of all faiths to participate in a day of prayer and reflection. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)https://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PJE55SYGVJBSNPMYESOAKDPDVE.jpg?auth=559965b8bc038728ea5fb4e59359f7b39921e04e4738ec66a5674eaab6892eb3&smart=true&width=4271&height=2402" />
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A MAGA-friendly Catholic bishop on Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission has demanded that the 79-year-old president apologize for his attack on Pope Leo XIV.

Trump is under fire on all sides after posting an https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-hits-back-at-donald-trumps-unhinged-meltdown-with-a-message-of-defiance/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-hits-back-at-donald-trumps-unhinged-meltdown-with-a-message-of-defiance/">unhinged screed targeting the pontiff on Sunday and telling the leader of the Catholic Church to “get his act together,” before https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/">depicting himself as Jesus.

Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota has shown strong MAGA sensibilities since Trump returned to power last year, often parroting far-right talking points, praising Trump’s State of the Union speech, and attending a White House event earlier this month where the president was compared to Christ.

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