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Every chance Pope Leo gets, he finds a way to passively-aggressively undermine President Trump.
During his weekly prayer service, Pope Leo shared he has “great concerns” about Venezuela following President Trump’s decision to launch a military operation to capture President Nicolas Maduro.
The Pope added, “The well-being of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration.”
Take a look:
At Angelus, Pope Leo XIV expresses concern for the situation in Venezuela, following the capture of Nicolas Maduro by US special forces:
“With great concern I am following the developments of the situation in Venezuela. The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over… pic.twitter.com/h40GRq0IiK
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) January 4, 2026
He also posted this to X, praying to “Our Lady of Coromoto”:
I am pretty certain “Our Lady of Coromoto” is not in the Bible anywhere to be found, nor are “Saints” Jose Gregorio Hernandez or Carmen Rendiles.
I am also fairly certain you should pray to “Our Father who Art in Heaven” and that we have ONE Intercessor and ONE Mediator and that is Jesus Christ, not “Our Lady of Coromoto”.
You kidding me with this?
This guy is the Pope and he’s praying to “Our Lady of Coromoto”?
Has he ever heard of Jesus?
Another Catholic doing everything they can to talk about Mary and never Jesus.
Every.
Single.
Time.— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) January 4, 2026
The Independent reported more on Leo’s remarks:
Pope Leo has expressed concern over the unfolding situation in Venezuela, urging that the nation upholds its independence and respects human rights.
Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly Sunday prayer, the pontiff declared his “soul full of concern”, adding that “the good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration.”
It comes as Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro sits in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the U.S. would take control of the oil-producing nation.
The image of the 63-year-old Maduro blindfolded and handcuffed en route to the U.S. has stunned Venezuelans and was Washington’s most controversial intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama 37 years ago.
Maduro, who wished his captors a “Happy New Year” on arrival, is due to appear in a Manhattan court on Monday.
The Pope previously criticized the Trump administration over their handling of deporting illegal immigrants:
Pope Leo is becoming increasingly vocal about defending immigrants from Trump’s crackdown https://t.co/CF097m5i48
— TIME (@TIME) October 15, 2025
Time reported more on Leo’s stance on the Trump administration’s immigration policies:
In a ceremonial throne room at the Vatican last week, Pope Leo stood before a group of visiting American Bishops and Catholic leaders as they played video messages from migrants in the United States. As he watched one message after another from people speaking about their fear of President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign, his eyes filled with tears, according to one person in the delegation.
“You stand with me and I stand with you, and the church will continue to accompany and stand with migrants,” the Pope reportedly said after the meeting, which ended with him instructing them to be more forceful in defending immigrants in the U.S.
Pope Leo’s comments were the latest in a string of forceful public statements that demonstrate his increasing willingness to challenge Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
“He just was very, you could see, visibly pained when he watched the video,” Dylan Corbett, an executive director of the Hope Border Institute, who was part of the delegation, told TIME.
During the meeting, the delegation handed the Pope dozens of letters from immigrants, bishops and social workers describing their fears of the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown. Corbett, whose grassroots organization works with faith leaders to help communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, said their conversation deeply affected the Pope.
“He was emotionally moved by what we told him, almost, you know, almost angry at times. Just very clear that what was happening was, you know, the church needed to raise its voice, and it was unacceptable,” said Corbett, who lives in the border town of El Paso and has previously worked in an official capacity for the Vatican in promoting migrant and refugee rights.
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