News correspondent Robert Sherman asked the new pope if there was “any information about the United States” as Pope Leo Fourteen walked past the crowd in the Vatican on Monday.
“Many,” Leo replied with a smile.
Then, after a brief pause, he added, “God bless everyone.”
Short-term communication – all the rage on social media – is the first pope born in the United States Provides a powerful address To thousands of journalists.
Leo called for the protection of “free speech and valuable gifts from the press” in his speech and urged journalists to “relieve exchanges against all prejudice and dissatisfaction, fanaticism and even hatred.”
“We do not need loud, powerful communication, but communication that is able to listen and collect the voices of the weak without sound,” the pope added.
Some on social media interpreted a word Leo reply “many” as a possible poke from Donald Trump, pointing to the pope’s past criticism of the U.S. president and his top allies.
In 2015, Leo (at the time cardinal) Shared a column in The Washington Post By Cardinal Timothy Dolan titled “Why Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is such a problem.” Trump was preparing for his first presidential campaign at the time.
Recently, in February, Posts on social media now Criticizing Trump’s vice president, headlines: “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”
Leo has not delivered a direct speech since last week’s election.
As far as Trump is concerned, he is predictably trying to insert himself into the Leo narrative Apparently trying to get credit to this end.
