As Marty Kelley says, Pope Leo has Republican knickers atwist not just by saying that you can't call yourself pro-life if you oppose abortion but not the death penalty, and by defending immigrants. He's also making statements and symbolic actions to address climate change and support attempts to deal with climate change. And Republicans are furious.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #ProLife #ClimateChange #environment
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/pope-bob-from-chicago-says-death

As Marty Kelley says, Pope Leo has Republican knickers atwist not just by saying that you can't call yourself pro-life if you oppose abortion but not the death penalty, and by defending immigrants. He's also making statements and symbolic actions to address climate change and support attempts to deal with climate change. And Republicans are furious.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #ProLife #ClimateChange #environment
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/pope-bob-from-chicago-says-death

"If Pope Leo is THE LEFT/A TERRORIST/A PRE-TERRORIST/THE ENEMY WITHIN/ANTIFA, how in the world can millions and millions of Americans think they will escape this designation?

Answer: YOU WON’T."

~ Andra Watkins

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #ProLife
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https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/how-the-antifa-as-terrorist-executive

And as Olmstead adds, Leo has gotten more Republican knickers in a twist by this:

"Answering a question in Italian about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s meeting of senior military officials, at which Donald Trump gave a speech, Leo deemed the American leaders’ rhetoric 'concerning' and indicated his displeasure: 'This wording, like going from minister of defense to minister of war—let’s hope it’s just a figure of speech.'”

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And:

"Someone who says 'I’m against abortion, but I’m in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States'—I don’t know if that’s pro-life."

As Olmstead says, after Leo was elected, the American right (i.e., Republicans) hoped to find an ally in him in their culture-war battles. Now they're appalled at what he's saying and are lecturing him re: what Catholic teaching "really" means.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #abortion #immigrants #DeathPenalty #ProLife
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"If Pope Leo is THE LEFT/A TERRORIST/A PRE-TERRORIST/THE ENEMY WITHIN/ANTIFA, how in the world can millions and millions of Americans think they will escape this designation?

Answer: YOU WON’T."

~ Andra Watkins

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #ProLife
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https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/how-the-antifa-as-terrorist-executive

And as Olmstead adds, Leo has gotten more Republican knickers in a twist by this:

"Answering a question in Italian about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s meeting of senior military officials, at which Donald Trump gave a speech, Leo deemed the American leaders’ rhetoric 'concerning' and indicated his displeasure: 'This wording, like going from minister of defense to minister of war—let’s hope it’s just a figure of speech.'”

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #ProLife
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And:

"Someone who says 'I’m against abortion, but I’m in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States'—I don’t know if that’s pro-life."

As Olmstead says, after Leo was elected, the American right (i.e., Republicans) hoped to find an ally in him in their culture-war battles. Now they're appalled at what he's saying and are lecturing him re: what Catholic teaching "really" means.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #abortion #immigrants #DeathPenalty #ProLife
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As Molly Olmstead notes, Pope Leo has gotten Republican knickers atwist by saying the following — by reiterating points made by his predecessors, since they're basic points of Catholic teaching:

"Someone who says 'I’m against abortion' but says 'I’m in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Republicans #abortion #immigrants #DeathPenalty #ProLife
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/pope-leo-xiv-abortion-immigration-dick-durbin.html