Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Bishop Barron Rewrites Pope Leo’s Anti-War Message on Ben Shapiro’s Show

After being in the White House as Trump was compared to the risen Christ, Barron told Shapiro the pope’s Palm Sunday rebuke wasn’t about Iran — and the Pizzaballa incident was overblown.

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Christopher Hale
Apr 02, 2026
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Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester has spent Holy Week on a whirlwind tour of right-wing media — the Will Cain Show, the Ben Shapiro Show, the Hugh Hewitt Show — after sitting like a p…

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