Trump’s attacks left many right-wing politicians under pressure to defend the pope, as many of their voters have a strong attachment to Catholic tradition.
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Let the fascists fight each other.
“Italy condemns the slander of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, by the US administration. His Holiness is NOT soft on crime. He is extremely hard on crime, just like Jesus was. The hardest on crime. No forgiveness for criminals - not ever, not His Holiness, no way. He personally asked me if he could participate in the firing squad executions of Italian soccer hooligans. Of course I obliged him, but parliament has, unfortunately, been slow to ratify this most pious and just request.”
