{"id":29457,"date":"2025-05-04T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T17:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=29457"},"modified":"2025-05-04T17:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T17:47:34","slug":"donald-trump-posts-picture-of-himself-as-pope-just-a-week-after-francis-funeral-as-cardinals-gather-to-elect-new-leader-of-the-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=29457","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump posts picture of HIMSELF as pope just a week after Francis\u2019 funeral \u2013 as cardinals gather to elect new leader of the Catholic Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">US President\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Donald Trump<\/span>\u00a0has posted an\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">AI<\/span>\u00a0picture of himself as the Pope only a week after the funeral of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Pope Francis<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Republican, who is not Catholic, leader took to Truth Social to post the image, which shows him wearing a white papal hat, also referred to as a miter, while a large crucifix dangles from his neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump had previously joked with reporters how he wouldn\u2019t be against\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">succeeding the late Catholic leader<\/span>, adding: \u2018I\u2019d like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While chatting on the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">White House<\/span>\u00a0lawn, he revealed he did not have a preference on the next Pope, but quipped there was a \u2018very good\u2019 cardinal in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It comes only one week after Pope Francis\u2019 funeral at St Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican City as the conclave now gather to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">elect a new leader for the Catholic Church<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 88-year-old passed away on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Easter<\/span>\u00a0Monday after dedicating his \u2018entire life\u2019 to serving God and The Church. He spent his final hours with the devoted, emerging to bless thousands of people in St Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump\u2019s post has been met with outrage online with many branding the move as \u2018a great disrespect\u2019, urging the US President to remove the post immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Trump is literally mocking the Christian world with this image he shared,\u2019 one said: \u2018And on a day when Catholics are mourning the death of their spiritual leader, Pope Francis.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0has posted an\u00a0AI\u00a0picture of himself as the Pope only a week after the funeral of\u00a0Pope Francis. 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