President Donald Trump He congratulated Robert Francis Prevost after his election as a pope on Thursday, which makes him The Pope's first born in America In the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
Prevost, 69, from Chicago, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.
“It's such an honor to realize that he is the first American pope,” wrote Trump Social truth.
“What emotions and what a great honor for our country,” wrote the president.
“I am looking forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very significant moment!”
Leo did not always have positive words for the US president and his administration.
The verified account X related to the new pope provided an article in February, criticizing the vice president JD Vancewho converted to Catholicism in 2019 because of his interpretation of Jesus' teachings.
“JD Vance is wrong: Jesus does not ask us to argue our love for others”, read the article header made available by the Prevost account.
Source: Robert Prevost on X
In April, the account published again Another tweet Criticizing Trump about mass administration efforts.
“Do you not see suffering? Is your conscience not concerned? How can you keep silence?” Tweet read, quoting Bishop Evelio Menjivar in an article for the Catholic standard entitled “This attempt is a passion. “
Prevost was chosen on the second day of the papal conclave in the Vatican. The choice of cardinals of the successor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, was revealed by white smoke swirling from the chimney at the top of the Sixtine chapel.
A few days after returning from Francis's funeral in Rome, Trump joked to reporters that “would like to be a pope.”
Trump later published The image generated by AI dressed like a pope, Attracting criticism.
President of the US President Donald Trump in a papal costume.
Thanks to the kindness: White House by X, earlier Twitter
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