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Pope Leo appoints three Trump-critic bishops amid feud with White House officials

The Independent·Katie Hawkinson·about 1 month ago
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed three new bishops who have previously criticized the Trump administration or its supporters amid his apparent feud with the White House. Pope Leo has criticized President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, called his threat to annihilate Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” and said he’s not afraid of his administration . The president has called Leo “ weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy ,” while Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic, has said the pope should be “ careful when he talks about matters of theology .” Pope Leo’s new bishops — Evelio Menjivar-Ayala , Robert Boxie III and Gary Studniewski — have track records of criticizing the Trump administration. Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the new bishop for West Virginia, while Boxie and Studniewski will be the auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Washington. Menjivar-Ayala, 55, is a formerly undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who was brought to the U.S.…

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