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Trump gets an earful from Catholics on Capitol Hill after 'disgraceful' attack on Pope Leo

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WASHINGTON — Catholic Democratic senators rallied behind Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump called the first American-born pontiff "weak on crime," blasting the president's broadside as a step too far — even by Trump's standards.Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) summed up the sentiment of his colleagues with characteristic simplicity."I'm with Team Pope,"…

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“I am not a politician; I speak of the Gospel.” Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks, made during his apostolic journey to Africa, immediately suggest that his clash with Donald Trump operates on a different level to the US president’s usual political spats.This is not the classic kind of confrontation that Trump has often had with foreign heads of state and…

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