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Chapter 1: What prompted Pope Leo XIV's fury towards Trump?
Pope Leo XIV is furious at the Trump regime's war crimes and the Trump regime's behavior in the United States, terrorizing and torturing migrants with ICE and Border Patrol, Gestapo, and furious Pope Leo XIV
is not holding back as we previously reported back in january the trump regime tried to essentially threaten the life of pope leo xiv they summoned pope leo xiv top ambassador to the united states to the pentagon where a guy named elbridge colby and others he's the number two at the pentagon And others apparently were screaming and shouting at the Pope's top ambassador to the United States.
It was very confrontational. And from what we hear, there were some people in the room with the United States saying what we will do to Pope Leo XIV. and to the Holy See is what the French did in the 14th century with the Avignon Papacy, where they basically kidnapped the Pope, killed the Pope, moved the Vatican to France.
And so in the current Vatican, Pope Leo XIV took this as a threat of a military invasion by the United States of the Vatican and a death threat on Pope Leo XIV's life, And Pope Leo XIV is like, well, I ain't coming to the United States. Good luck with your 250th anniversary celebration.
I'm going to Lampedusa in Italy, and I'm going to reflect on the suffering of migrants and be with them and share love with migrants. And Pope Leo XIV is like, I probably wasn't going to go anyway to the United States based on... your behavior with ICE and Border Patrol, Gestapo, and he despises J.D.
Vance, who converted to Catholicism, who uses Jesus in the name of God to support torture and death and war crimes. And here's the thing, regardless of religion, whether you're Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, regardless of religion. One of the things we talk about here in the Midas Touch Network is just truth, is love, is honesty, is compassion.
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Chapter 2: How did Trump allegedly threaten Pope Leo XIV?
And regardless of the religious aspects, Pope Leo XIV is someone who's compassionate and empathetic, and he's not been afraid to stand up to Donald Trump to J.D. Vance, to Pete Hegseth, and this despicable regime of war criminals. Let me just show you in the past 12 hours what furious Pope Leo XIV posted on social media. He started in the morning with the following.
God does not bless any conflict, anyone who is a disciple of Christ. The Prince of Peace is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom of times of peace, which comes only from the patient. Now, that's clearly directed at J.D. Vance, Hegseth.
trump this entire despicable regime he goes on to say absurd and inhumane violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the christian east profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business with no regard for people's lives which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest but no gain can be worth the life of the weakest
children, or families, no cause can justify the shedding of innocent blood. Pope Leo XIV, who was furious, goes on to say, hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty, yet disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things.
There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth to be achieved with moral sense and honesty. Powerful words indeed.
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Chapter 3: What historical context did Pope Leo XIV reference?
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You know, and then there were other posts in the past week by a furious Pope Leo XIV, like the following. The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within. The violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor imprisoned and rejected. Messiah descends into the darkness of death. Yet in doing so, he brings new creation to light.
And you remember as Pete Hegseth was urging Americans to pray for military victory in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. You know how J.D. Vance said, Jesus. told us to do this, and J.D. Vance would say, Jesus told us, and Hegseth would say, Jesus told us to do this. Pope Leo XIV rejected this idea, saying that this kind of thinking is entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.
The Pope argues that Christianity has often been distorted by a desire for domination. warning that people mistake power for righteousness. We consider ourselves powerful when we dominate, victorious when we destroy. Instead, he says, God's example is not how to dominate, but how to give life, and adds that Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war. Now,
as Israel has banned French President Emmanuel Macron from any involvement in potential mediations with Lebanon. Israel says, we won't even consider potential ceasefires with Lebanon, which they're not considering anyway.
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Chapter 4: What message did Pope Leo XIV convey about war and peace?
I mean, they committed a massacre earlier this week, killing 258 in Beirut with over 1,200 casualties after a ceasefire was initially announced where Lebanon was included. But they've banned French President Emmanuel Macron from having further communications because Macron said Lebanon needs to be protected, and most European countries are stepping up as well.
So what does Pope Leo, a very furious Pope Leo XIV, do? He invited French President Emmanuel Macron over. You can see yesterday morning a meeting with the French president, clearly sending a message to Donald Trump and Netanyahu with Macron there and French President Emmanuel Macron also meeting with other European leaders as well to stand up to the Trump
And let's not forget that Pope Leo XIV also declared the Iran war unjust, not solving anything. And when he switches to speak in English, I mean, he's an American pope, but he doesn't speak English a lot for people who observe him.
But when he switches to English, he usually saves some of his most scathing and some of his most direct messages calling out the Trump regime when he does speak in English, like over here where he says the Iran war is not just. Play this clip.
In English, I would simply say, once again, what I said in the Orbi message on Sunday, asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war, especially a war which many people have said is an unjust war, which is continuing to escalate. And which is not resolving anything.
In fact, we have a worldwide economic crisis, energy crisis, situation in the Middle East of great instability, which is only provoking more hatred throughout the world. So come back to the table. Let's talk. Let's look for solutions in a peaceful way.
And let's remember, especially the innocent, children, the elderly, the sick, so many people who have already become or will become victims of this continued warfare, to remind all that attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law, but that it is also a sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction, the human being is capable of, and we all want to work for peace.
People want peace. I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities, political leaders, congressmen, to ask them, tell them to work for peace and to reject war always.
Now, I had the honor to bring on to the show somebody by the name of Christopher Hale. He writes the Substack Letters with Pope Leo XIV, and he's one of the top Catholic church watchers out there. His Substack absolutely crushes it. Here's what he told me about how furious Pope Leo XIV is at Donald Trump and his despicable regime. Let's play this clip right here.
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