Posted on 04/18/2026 2:53:51 AM PDT by daniel1212
Some conservative commentators accused CBS’s "60 Minutes" of airing a segment featuring three "left-wing" cardinals who criticized the Trump administration’s immigration and Iran policies.
Father Gerald Murray and author Robert Royal joined Raymond Arroyo on "The Prayerful Posse" to discuss whether the situation was meant to spark a conflict between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
"The three of them are billed as so-called influential, but none of them hold offices in the U.S. Bishops' Conference, and they have never been elected," Royal said.
He compared the group to "The Squad" in U.S. politics, calling them "a very definite and pretty left-wing group of just three."
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Cardinals Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, speak with "60 Minutes" on April 12, 2026. (CBS/60 Minutes)
During the episode, the cardinals criticized several Trump administration priorities, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the conflict in Iran. Cardinal Joseph Tobin said agents act in a way to "terrify people."
Cardinal Robert McElroy also declared that under the Catholic faith, the fighting in Iran is "not a just war."
... Murray countered those claims, pointing to reports that Iran was close to having enough enriched material for a nuclear weapon...
Arroyo suggested the media framed the conflict to bait the White House into a dispute with the Vatican, which he labeled "pope-a-doping."
"They were trying to get Trump to overreact, and he did," Arroyo said....
Speaking with reporters, Pope Leo said he does not fear the Trump administration or view himself as political.
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Trump’s latest target using their rules for radicals against them?
Seditious conspirator Barrio Obama’s David Axelrod’s Pope
Some still haven’t caught on to Trump using their rules against them
A main cause of TDS is not understanding when you are being laser pointed to any target he picks
Did they say how much they made off the Catholic Charities bringing criminals and sex slaves across the border?
As a purely political matter, Trump has nothing to lose by picking a fight with the Pope. It fires up the Evangelical base and will not put off Catholic MAGA supporters. It only alienates Catholic anti-MAGAs, i.e. Biden voters.
Personally I think that other than Trump himself, the man most responsible for making Trump president was Pope Francis. If anyone is curious why, ask and I shall explain!
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