{"id":220079,"date":"2026-04-16T13:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=220079"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:48:52","slug":"bad-faith-op-ed-pope-leos-stance-on-unhinged-trump-comments-is-not-politics-its-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=220079","title":{"rendered":"BAD FAITH OP-ED: Pope Leo\u2019s stance on unhinged Trump comments is not politics, it\u2019s the Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump, in an unhinged social media post, attacked the first American-born pope, Leo XIV, for his critique of the immorality of the war in the Middle East. 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