“Pope Leo Is a Tool of Our Enemies”: Homan Leads MAGA Attacks as Hayworth, Others Pile On
It’s the latest MAGA attack on Pope Leo’s pro-immigrant stance. Disgraced border chief Tom Homan — caught taking a $50,000 bribe in a Cava takeout bag — led the charge against Leo and the bishops.
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Tom Homan isn’t exactly a model of Catholic virtue. Last year, federal investigators caught Donald Trump’s hand-picked “border czar,” accepting a $50,000 cash bribe stuffed in a Cava restaurant bag.
Yet that didn’t stop Homan from lecturing Church leaders again this week.
On Nov. 14, outside the White House, Homan blasted Pope Leo XIV and America’s Catholic bishops over their new pro-immigrant message — even declaring “the Catholic Church is wrong” and “should spend time fixing their own problems.”
The self-described “lifelong Catholic” insisted that by enforcing harsh border policies “we save a lot of lives,” and he wishes “the Catholic Church would understand that.”
It was a striking rebuke: a man mired in scandal scolding the pope’s Church for showing basic Christian compassion.
Homan’s outburst came just two days after America’s Catholic bishops took a historic stand in defense of migrants.
In an almost-unanimous vote at their fall assembly, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a rare “Special Message” on immigration, urging an end to indiscriminate deportations and hateful rhetoric.
“Human dignity and national security are not in conflict… Both are possible if people of good will work together,” the bishops wrote, reaffirming that welcoming the stranger is a tenet of the faith.
More than 95% of American bishops backed the statement — a level of unity usually never reached on hot button issues.
At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
They cited Scripture’s call to see “the face of Jesus Christ” in migrants, and said they were “saddened by the… vilification of immigrants” in our society.
In short, the U.S. bishops, in union with Pope Leo XIV, made clear that defending immigrant families is not “political,” but a Gospel mandate.
That bold stance sent Trump-world into a fury. Here’s what happened.
