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Trump’s Favorite Cardinal Dresses Him Down for AI Pope Stunt

DEEPLY UNPOPE-ULAR

Timothy Dolan insisted the president still “takes his Christian faith seriously” as critics slammed the social media gag.

Archbishop of New York cardinal Timothy Dolan holds his homily during a Mass in his own titular Church 'Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario' at the northern outskirts of Rome on May 04, 2025 in Rome, Italy.
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President Donald Trump‘s second-favorite pick for the papacy has slammed the president for a social media stunt decried by critics as “tasteless” and “deeply offensive” to Catholics.

“Well, you know, it wasn’t good,” New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told a team of reporters ahead of a Sunday Mass in Rome, where...

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