Well, history was made in Rome—but not everyone is ready to sing “Ave Maria” just yet. For the first time in 2,000 years, an American has been elected Pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary bishop, is now Pope Leo XIV. On the surface, it’s a big win for the U.S. and maybe even for the conservative faithful who’ve been praying for someone to steer the Catholic Church back toward tradition. But as always, the devil is in the details—or in this case, the tweets.
Yep. Social media sleuths wasted no time diving into the new pope’s digital past, and what they found is… complicated. Let’s just say Pope Leo XIV isn’t exactly tweeting like a MAGA Catholic. In 2017, he retweeted a condemnation of President Trump’s “bad hombres” comment, claiming it fueled “racism and nativism.” Sounds more like a CNN chyron than a sermon, right?
There’s more. He also retweeted Sister Helen Prejean—yes, that Sister Prejean, the progressive death penalty activist—praising DACA recipients and demanding a “fair, just, and moral” immigration system. Hashtag: #DefendDACA. And of course, he couldn’t resist sharing a climate-change guilt-trip aimed at President Trump, encouraging him to read Pope Francis’s eco-encyclical Laudato Si’. You know, the document that reads like the UN Sustainable Development Goals wrapped in incense.
But hold on—there’s a twist. Despite the progressive vibes in his retweets, Pope Leo XIV reportedly voted Republican while living in the U.S., according to Charlie Kirk’s crew at Turning Point Action. So while he may preach “dialogue and bridges,” he apparently still filled out his ballot like a Reaganite. Maybe he’s a closet conservative who got caught trying to virtue signal on Twitter back in 2017. Or maybe he’s just another high-ranking cleric trying to keep everybody happy—and ending up looking like a confused moral weathervane.
EXPOSED: Old tweets from Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, reveal exactly where he stands.
• In 2015, he shared attacks on Trump’s immigration policy
• In 2025, he slammed JD Vance for prioritizing American families
• Repeatedly pushes open-border, globalist rhetoric… pic.twitter.com/bf4aim1TdI
— Samuel Fisher (@samuelffisher) May 8, 2025
The new Pope doesn't tweet often, but when he does, he bashes Trump and Vance.
An unfortunate choice, imho. But of course, I wish my Catholic friends the very best with Pope Leo the 14th. pic.twitter.com/h6NOwqLgQb
— Jolly Roger (@Totally_Brandon) May 8, 2025
President Trump, for his part, took the high road. He congratulated Leo XIV on Truth Social, calling it a “Great Honor for our Country” and expressing hope for a meaningful meeting. That’s classy—especially considering this new pope retweeted jabs at Trump just a few years ago.
The bottom line? Pope Leo XIV is now the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics. He says he wants unity and reconciliation. But with a progressive paper trail and a Republican voting record, he’s got a tightrope to walk—especially as the Church barrels toward the 2025 Jubilee year amid declining attendance, cultural chaos, and internal division. Let’s hope he’s more pope than politician. He’ll need to be.
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