Washington, April 13 -- Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick issued the following press release:
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick issued the following statement in response to President Trump's comments regarding Pope Leo:
"I condemn President Trump's remarks about Pope Leo in the strongest possible terms.
The Holy Father is the successor to Saint Peter, the shepherd of the Church, and a moral voice for more than 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. He is not a partisan figure, and the papacy is not an institution to be mocked, politicized, or diminished.
To suggest that a Pope somehow owes his place to a politician is absurd. As a lifelong Catholic, these comments as an insult to the Church, an affront to the faithful, and to many Catholics, ...