Liberation Theology and the fight between Trump and Pope Leo UPDATED

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Liberation Theology and the fight between Trump and Pope Leo UPDATED

Understanding liberation theology might explain the schism between Donald Trump and the Pope.

Andrea Widburg | April 14, 2026

When I was a student at UC Berkeley in the early 1980s, I worked with a very nice, very radical young man from Argentina who had an interesting back story: He’d been a seminarian but had to leave when a bad LSD trip left him incapable of completing his studies. LSD in a Catholic seminary? It was the first time I realized that the priesthood had changed since Going My Way. 

However, it wasn’t until 2013, when Pope Francis issued his “Apostolic Exhortation Evangeli Gaudium of the Holy Father Francis, to the Bishops, Clerk, Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World,” which attacks economic inequality, that I first heard the term “Liberation Theology” from Rush Limbaugh. He pointed out (accurately, because I read the document myself) that it was Marxist economic theory cloaked in religious language.

If you understand Liberation Theology, you will understand the schism between Donald Trump, who is a free-market constitutionalist, and Pope Leo, who, like Pope Francis before him, knowingly or not, got his ideas from the KGB.

Liberation Theology began in Latin American seminaries in the 1950s and 1960s. According to Wikipedia, which gave a surprisingly honest evaluation of the movement’s values,

    Liberation theology is a Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. The term originated among Latin American Catholic theologians in the 1960s, and it has increasingly been used to describe similar approaches in other parts of the globe. It often engages in socio-economic analyses, and emphasizes social concern for those marginalized due to their social class, race, ethnicity, gender, etc.

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    The movement's theoretical foundations draws heavily from Marxist social analysis, particularly its critique of structural inequality and class oppression. While liberation theology does not adopt Marxism wholesale, its use of concepts like class struggle and the critique of global capitalism has led to significant controversy within the Church.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Deport the illegals to Vatican City.  Let the Pope take care of them.

[mountaineer]

Leo has bent over backwards in the past few days to demonstrate obsequiousness to Islam. Why is that?

Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187
@ScottMGreer
Very strange gesture to honor Muslims who murdered European Christians
9:06 PM · Apr 13, 2026

V T
@SlipvonFreud
No flowers from the Vatican for the thousands of Christians recently tortured and slaughtered in Syria and Nigeria.
9:50 PM · Apr 13, 2026

https://twitter.com/CatholicSat/status/2043657466475421713

[mountaineer]

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
Communion between Christians and Muslims takes shape under the mantle of Our Lady of Africa. Here, in #Algeria, the maternal love of Lalla Meryem gathers everyone as children, within our rich diversity, in our shared aspiration for dignity, love, justice, and peace. In a world where division and wars sow pain and death, living in unity and peace is a compelling sign. #ApostolicJourney
2:31 PM · Apr 13, 2026

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Sharing the Gospel with a Muslim is a crime in Algeria, punishable by imprisonment.
The churches that do exist are government controlled, and Christian worship can only happen in state-approved locations. Churches are routinely closed.
This is fantasy land stuff.
7:15 PM · Apr 13, 2026

https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/2044078519685394564

[mountaineer]

The Pope's twitter feed, pre-white smoke, shows  a political leftist.

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/2044123715865325932

[libertybele]

Deport the illegals to Vatican City.  Let the Pope take care of them.

   Something tells me that the Vatican would quickly find someplace else for them and it would never make the news.

[rustynail]

Satan rules this world.

[Idiot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rjJbHzGhF4

[libertybele]

Satan rules this world.

Oh, no, no, no, no.  He would like for you to think that.  Renouncing Satan is important and yes there's a lot of evil in this world, but God is in control.  Believe. Pray.

[rustynail]

Oh, no, no, no, no.  He would like for you to think that.  Renouncing Satan is important and yes there's a lot of evil in this world, but God is in control.  Believe. Pray.

Yes, God put Satan in control of this world.

(God has allowed Satan to exercise authority over the world, but Satan is not the ultimate ruler and does not have absolute or autonomous power.) ai

[libertybele]

Yes, God put Satan in control of this world.

(God has allowed Satan to exercise authority over the world, but Satan is not the ultimate ruler and does not have absolute or autonomous power.) ai

In Catholicism, Satan is understood as a real, created, and fallen angel who, out of pride, willfully rebelled against God, becoming the personification of evil, a tempter, and an adversary to humanity. While powerful, he is not equal to God and is destined for eternal defeat, having already been overcome by Jesus Christ’s resurrection!!!  (AI)