Pope Leo was peppered with questions as he moved through the crowd at the Vatican during his first international press conference.
He spoke of the importance of free speech and a free press and thanked reporters for covering the papal election. The pontiff also emphasized the significance of “being an informed society in order to make good choices and decisions regarding international policy,” according to NewsNation.
At one point, NewsNation correspondent Robert Sherman asked the Pope Leo if he had “any message” to give the US to which the pontiff replied, “Many.”
He then added: “God bless you all.”
The short answer, which many saw as a menacing message from the Pope to the US, caused quite a stir and vent viral in the blink of an eye.
Plenty of people interpreted it as a dig at the US president whom Pope Leo criticized on the social media as Cardinal Robert Prevost.
In 2015, when Trump announced he was running for president and promised to “build a wall,” the pontiff retweeted an op-ed titled “Why Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is so problematic.”
Pope Leo also criticized Vance for an interview he gave about Christianity on Fox News.
“JD Vance is wrong,” he said. “Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”
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