Inclusive tone of new pope isn't sitting well with some in the 'America First' movement

The greeting aft his election, Robert Prevost — present Pope Leo XIV and the archetypal American pontiff successful the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year past — presided implicit his archetypal Mass.

In a motion to his predecessor, the precocious Pope Francis, Leo pledged to align himself with "ordinary people" and pointed to a nonaccomplishment of spiritual religion for contributing to "appalling violations of quality dignity."

"A deficiency of religion is often tragically accompanied by the nonaccomplishment of meaning successful life, the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of quality dignity, the situation of the household and truthful galore different wounds that afflict our society," the caller pope said successful his homily delivered astatine the Vatican's Sistine Chapel connected Thursday. 

However, the connection from the pope – who, similar his predecessor, appears to hail from the much inclusive and progressive helping of the Catholic Church – does not look to beryllium receptive to immoderate successful the "America First" movement.

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears connected the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica astatine the Vatican connected May 8, 2025. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

The laminitis and person of the movement, President Donald Trump, connected Thursday rapidly praised the enactment of Leo, who was Chicago-born but has lived overmuch of his big beingness successful Peru.

"It is specified an grant to recognize that helium is the archetypal American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look guardant to gathering Pope Leo XIV. It volition beryllium a precise meaningful moment!" Trump wrote successful a societal media post.

Additionally, Vice President JD Vance, lone the 2nd Catholic vice president successful U.S. history, congratulated the caller pope, adding, "I’m definite millions of American Catholics and different Christians volition commune for his palmy enactment starring the Church. May God bless him!"

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However, acknowledgment to a insubstantial way of weighing successful connected large American lighting rod issues specified arsenic amerciable immigration, weapon control, and adjacent the 2020 decease of George Floyd – which sparked nationwide protests targeting constabulary brutality towards minorities – the caller pope was bound to beryllium arguable among immoderate of Trump's millions of MAGA supporters.

Steve Bannon, the erstwhile White House main strategist successful Trump's archetypal medication and a blimpish Catholic, wrote, "Worst prime ever," successful responding connected societal media to the caller pope's election.

That sentiment from Bannon, and overmuch harsher words from immoderate far-right podcasters and societal media influencers, was apt fueled successful portion by evident past posts from the caller pope – which could not beryllium independently verified by Fox News – that were captious of the Trump administration's sweeping and arguable migration policies.

Pope Francis, days earlier his death, meets with Vice President JD Vance, left, and his delegation during an assemblage astatine Casa Santa Marta connected April 20, 2025 successful Vatican City. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Pro-Trump blimpish commentator Joey Mannarino took to X to complaint that "the caller Pope has precocious attacked JD Vance, shown solidarity with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and begged Trump to unfastened the borders similar Biden had them. This feline is worse than Francis."

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However, influential blimpish activistic and commentator Charlie Kirk, a MAGA satellite stone prima and Trump state who leads the almighty Turning Point USA younker organization, was much measured.

"Let’s conscionable say, not truthful large tweets astir having immoderate willingness for unfastened borders. We’ll spot benignant of however helium is connected that. Also immoderate George Floyd worldly that I’m not excessively brainsick about," Kirk said successful a video posted connected X.

Kirk added that "overall, it seems similar he’s a pro-life warrior. There’s a batch yet to larn astir this pope, but I anticipation that helium volition beryllium a beardown advocator for beardown borders. And for sovereignty."

Popular blimpish commentator and vigor big Hugh Hewitt seemed receptive to the caller pope.

Trump has warmly embraced American Catholics successful caller years and captured astir 60% of the Catholic ballot successful past year's statesmanlike election, according to a Fox News elector analysis. Four years earlier, erstwhile President Joe Biden, the nation's 2nd Catholic president, narrowly captured the Catholic vote.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump be Pope Francis' ceremonial connected April 28, 2025 astatine the Vatican. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Among those Catholics who supported Trump is erstwhile New Hampshire authorities House Speaker Bill O'Brien, who is 1 of the state's 2 members connected the Republican National Committee.

O'Brien told Fox News that he's "very respectful of the votes of the conclave, and I'm besides arrogant that we bash person a pope from America."

"I surely would person liked to person seen idiosyncratic much successful the contented of Pope Benedict, who held much intimately to the accepted doctrines of the church," O'Brien said. "But I'm not definite that Pope Leo is truly established present successful presumption of wherever helium volition be. And the information that helium criticized Trump, I accidental that astir apt shows a little than developed governmental consciousness than it does a doctoral sense, which is much important."

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O'Brien noted that "any pope, immoderate spiritual fig for that matter, is going to beryllium acrophobic astir those who are powerless successful our society, and rightfully so, but that doesn't mean he's fixed aggravated thought to the value of nationalist borders."

He additionally emphasized that "I'm thrilled astir wherever helium comes from, and I'm hopeful astir wherever he's going."