Fox News host Sean Hannity set aside some time during his Thursday show to send a message to Pope Leo XIV. He claimed that the pope and others at the Vatican had “completely forgotten the real meaning of the Bible and its teachings.” Hannity started his segment by calling it “a message to the Vatican” and made it clear his words were “especially for Pope Leo,” following the pope’s recent criticism of President Donald Trump’s stance on Iran.
“While I am a Christian, I left the Catholic Church in large part because of institutionalized corruption, and it was at the parish level, to the bishop level, cardinals, all the way to Rome,” he said.
He continued:
The very top scandals, terrible behavior, frankly, went not only unchecked, but they never fully corrected it or dealt with it, and others at the Vatican have totally lost sight of the true meaning of the bible and its teachings. I don’t know why. For the first 1200 years of the church, the priests were allowed to marry. They changed that law. But right on cue, Pope Leo XIV is seemingly more interested in spreading left wing politics than the actual teachings of Jesus Christ. As the AP put it, quote, “Pope Leo amplified his condemnation of America’s conflict with Iran, saying that God does not bless any conflict and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs.”
Well, first, that is simply not biblically accurate. The bible contains over 400 references to war, for equally depicting God as authorizing, commanding, intervening in battles like one that we all know, the battle between David and Goliath. Why is the pope twisting religion to specifically attack only President Trump and the U.S.? Why did he recently meet with top [Barack] Obama advisor David Axelrod and far left governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker? It’s because he’s a run of the mill Trump hating Democrat that lacks radical clarity about radical Islam?
Then, Hannity addressed Trump’s recent comments about the ongoing disagreement, especially after the president posted a strong critique of Pope Leo, calling him “WEAK on Crime.”
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump responded to a statement from a group of bishops who argued that Pope Leo was not just offering his opinion but actually preaching the Gospel.
“I want him to preach the Gospel, I’m all about the Gospel,” Trump said.
“But I also know you can’t let a country that’s very mean-spirited have a nuclear weapon. If they did, they would use it, and I think they’d use it quickly, and they would kill many millions of people. So the pope can disagree, but certainly we are allowed to have that.”
Hannity reacted to the president’s comments with a direct opinion.
“The president is right, the pope is wrong on so many levels,” he said.
“Perhaps his judgment is clouded.”
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