'Woke Pope' Shades Trump Over His Foreign Power Grab [View all]
Source: daily beast
WAR FEVER
The meeting with the Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner came ahead of a high-stakes trip to Washington, where Trump is eyeing her award.
Farrah Tomazi Published Jan. 12 2026 12:07PM EST
Pope Leo XIV has thrown more shade at Donald Trump’s global power grabs, holding a private meeting at the Vatican with Venezuela’s opposition leader as he calls for the country to remain independent.
More than one week after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the pope met on Monday with Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado ahead of her high-stakes trip to Washington, where Trump is eyeing her award.
The Vatican released an image of Pope Leo XIV and Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado after their meeting.
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Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner as Trump talks oil, control, and acting like the US “owns†the country. The Pope is talking sovereignty and democracy instead.
— Marie 🇨🇦 🸠(@pawbaby2.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T17:49:32.483Z
Power grab vs. peace.
The contrast says it all.
#USDemocracy
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