On Sunday morning, as US bombs fell on Iran, Pope Leo XIV stood and did what popes do. He called for peace.
Within hours, MAGA erupted.
MAGA personality Mike Cernovich called Leo a “sh*tlib” and a “far left wing agitator who wants Americans to surrender their guns.”
It only got worse from there.
If we are honest about the way we treat one another in this country right now — the contempt we carry, the dehumanization we practice, the ease with which we sort people into categories of worthy and unworthy — the measure we are using is brutal.
Jesus has this message for us today.
Stop it.
Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Iran.
In response, MAGA called him a “sh*tlib Marxist.”
Pope Leo XIV speaks against Trump’s new war in Iran and calls for peace in the Middle East.
“War again! We must be heralds of Jesus’ peace, which God desires for everyone! We must pray much for peace, live in unity, and reject the temptation to harm others; violence is never the right choice.”
Our nation’s politics rewards the loudest voice, the hardest fist, and the most ruthless play for power.
But on the mountain, God speaks from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” Not “follow the strongest.” Not “align with the powerful.”
Listen to him.
Pope Leo XIV (far right) has been a champion of peace for over 50 years.
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For the second time today, Pope Leo has spoken out against Trump’s new Iran War:
“War again! We must be heralds of Jesus' peace, which God desires for everyone! We must pray much for peace, live in unity, and reject the temptation to harm others; violence is never the right choice.”
NEW: Pope Leo XIV has demanded that the Trump-Vance White House end its war in Iran.
He called on Trump and all parties involved to “assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss.”
Bombs are falling on Iran. And the Gospel reading assigned to today’s Mass says this:
“Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.”
No asterisk. No exception for national security. No carve-out for geopolitics.
The oldest lie in the playbook is that peace comes through destruction.
A source close to Pope Leo XIV tells me the pontiff is expected to condemn President Trump’s strike against Iran and appeal for peace during his Sunday Angelus.
The U.S-born pope views the strikes as “immoral, illegal, and a grave threat to the entire human family.”
There has been no harsher critic to U.S. military action in Iran than Pope Leo:
“War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.”
A source close to Pope Leo XIV tells me the pontiff is expected to “condemn President Trump’s immoral and illegal strike against Iran and appeal for peace” during his Sunday Angelus.
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We’ve turned our grudges into political identities, media empires, and voting blocs.
Presidents and profiteers use them to divide and conquer us.
Jesus told us to do the exact opposite.
In a historic legal intervention, America’s Catholic bishops have asked the Supreme Court to strike down Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship — calling it an attack on “God-given human dignity.”
The brief caps a year of escalating conflict between Pope Leo and the White House.
Under Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church is leading the resistance to Donald Trump.
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We cannot claim to follow a pope who calls cruelty a sin while cheering a president who calls it strength.
We cannot kneel before Christ on Sunday and then shrug on Monday as families are torn apart.
Donald Trump and JD Vance have made it clear who they are. Now we must make it clear who we are.
“The Catholic Church has always been 100% pro-law enforcement.” — Tom Homan
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This is the third time Tom Homan has had a public meltdown over the Catholic Church’s teaching on deportations.
He told the late Pope Francis “to fix the Church” before talking about immigration. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Tom Homan says he’d be happy to “educate” Pope Leo XIV on what the Church really teaches about deportations — citing his Catholic schooling in the 1960s as credentials to set the record straight for the Holy Father.
This is also the Tom Homan who took a $50,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent.
NEW: Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says he’s ready to “sit down and educate” Pope Leo on Catholic teaching about deportations — arguing his 1960s Catholic grade school education qualifies him to correct the pontiff on migration.
Homan was recently caught taking a $50,000 bribe in an FBI sting.
Pope Leo celebrates a First Communion during Lent 1985.
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The Our Father is the ultimate subversive text. It dethrones every rival loyalty by insisting that no nation, party, or strongman stands above the shared dignity of God’s children.
25.02.2026 04:20 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The Gettysburg Address took four minutes.
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NEW: Echoing Pope Leo XIV, U.S. Catholic bishops confront Trump ahead of his State of the Union — urging an end to family separations and mass raids.
25.02.2026 02:07 — 👍 46 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 1“Let us not flee from the resurrection of Jesus, let us never give up, come what will. May nothing inspire more than his life, which impels us onwards!” — Pope Francis
24.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0“No one can strip us of the dignity bestowed upon us by this boundless and unfailing love. With a tenderness which never disappoints, but is always capable of restoring our joy, he makes it possible for us to lift up our heads and to start anew.
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“Let me say this once more: God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
“Christ, who told us to forgive one another ‘seventy times seven’ has given us his example: he has forgiven us seventy times seven. Time and time again he bears us on his shoulders.
“Now is the time to say: ‘Lord, I have let myself be deceived; in a 1000 ways I’ve shunned your love, yet here I am once more, to renew my covenant with you. I need you. Save me again, Lord, take me once more into your redeeming embrace.’ How good it feels to come back to him whenever we are lost!
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“No one should think that this invitation is not meant for him or her, since ‘no one is excluded from the joy brought by the Lord.’
“The Lord doesn’t disappoint when we take this risk; whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.
