Pope Leo's menacing one-word message to America

Pope Leo XIV issued a pointed one-word effect erstwhile asked if helium had thing to accidental to America.

The newly-elected leader was peppered with questions connected Monday arsenic helium moved done a assemblage successful the Vatican, including 1 from NewsNation's Robert Sherman. 

'Any connection for the United States?' helium asked. 

'Many,' the pope - Chicago-born Robert Prevost - rapidly responded. 

He added: 'God bless you all.' 

The little brushwood sparked statement online arsenic galore interpreted it to beryllium a excavation astatine Donald Trump - who Leo had antecedently criticized connected X successful caller years. 

'I conscionable anticipation this pope ain't woke,' 1 responded, with different calling it a 'holy mic drop.'

Others questioned whether Leo whitethorn person misheard the newsman implicit 'any blessings for the United States', saying it 'makes much sense' fixed that helium told the federation 'God bless you all.' 

Many took the effect to beryllium an opening changeable from Leo against the Trump administration, with the caller pope having made his disapproval of Trump's policies wide connected his societal media.  

His past retweet, connected April 14, slams the Trump administration's deportation of undocumented migrant and Maryland father-of-three Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 30, to El Salvador.

The station reads: 'Do you not spot the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How tin you enactment quiet?'

The 69-year-old besides shared respective articles that code Catholic JD Vance's stance connected immigration. One of them is titled: 'JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't inquire america to fertile our emotion for others.'

Pope Leo besides shared a station successful 2018 that read: 'There is thing remotely Christian, American, oregon morally defensible astir a argumentation that takes children distant from their parents and warehouses them successful cages. This is being carried retired successful our sanction and the shame is connected america all.'

In effect to his remark connected having 'many' messages to the United States this week, 1 X idiosyncratic said: 'Having a pope who's a autochthonal English talker means he's gonna archer them a cardinal antithetic ways however unspeakable they are.' 

'Many affirmative messages I'm sure,' different sarcastically responded.  

Pope Leo's stance connected migration should travel arsenic nary surprise, arsenic helium spent the bulk of his vocation successful Latin America, adjacent becoming a naturalized national of Peru.

On Thursday, arsenic helium addressed the satellite arsenic Pope for the archetypal time, helium spoke successful Spanish arsenic good arsenic Italian but notably avoided speaking his autochthonal English. 

Chants of 'Leo, Leo' ran done the assemblage who inactive appeared to beryllium shocked with galore mouthing 'An American?'

The archetypal American calved Pope, Prevost emerged victorious successful the Conclave arsenic helium was reportedly seen arsenic 'the slightest American of the Americans' successful the Church's leadership, and arsenic a soundless reformer who would transportation connected overmuch of the enactment of Pope Francis. 

However, contempt the Pope's stance, some President Trump and JD Vance were speedy to congratulate him connected his election.

'Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was conscionable named Pope. It is specified an grant to recognize that helium is the archetypal American Pope,' Trump said. 

'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!'

Vice President Vance added: 'Congratulations to Leo XIV, the archetypal American Pope, connected his election! I’m definite millions of American Catholics and different Christians volition commune for his successful enactment starring the Church. May God bless him!'