The New York Catholic Conference accused the president of the United States on Saturday, Donald Trumpto make fun of faith, after the president published an image of his dressed as a potato that has gone viral.
The controversial image of the US ruler It is made with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and presents it with Blanca Sotana, Mitra, Cruz Dorada and seems to be to give a blessing, since it has the right arm inclined to the shoulder height and with the index finger raised.
“This image He has nothing ingenious, or funnyMr. President, ”wrote the Catholic group in an X publication.
“We just built our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to choose the new successor of San Pedro. Don’t make fun of us“The conference added.
Trump’s image appears while the Catholic Church awaits next Wednesday the beginning of the conclave that will choose its new pontiff, After the death of Pope Francis whose funerals the US president himself attended and two days after the Republican president suggested that he would be a good option to occupy the throne of St. Peter.
“I would like to be a dad. That would be my number one option. I think it would be a great Pope. No one would do it better than me, ”said the president on Wednesday from the White House.
JD Vance
For his part, the US vice president, JD Vance, converted to Catholicism and who was the last public official who The missing Pope Francis attendeddefended Trump in a publication in his X account by arguing that the image should be taken as a joke.
The discomfort expressed by the New York Catholic Conference, Contrast with Trump’s idea that he would like the New York archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, one of the American prelates present in the conclave, was the next pontiff. (EFE)
