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Chicago politics have taken root in Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV may be a man of the cloth, but he is also a Southsider, so it is not surprising that he can’t rise completely above the fray. How else to explain his ramped-up criticism of the Iran war right after granting an audience to fellow Chicagoan David Axelrod, the influential Democratic operative and Barack Obama advisor – and the appearance of three anti-war cardinals on “60 Minutes” two days later?

With the 2026 U.S. midterm elections on the horizon and President Trump’s historic taming of Iran increasingly looking like it just might work, getting the leader of the Holy See to join the Resistance seems like a masterstroke.

It is, of course, appropriate that Christ’s vicar is advocating for peace – if he won’t, who will? What’s disquieting is the brazen timing of the Church’s partisan push. The Chicago-born Pope meets with the sharp-elbowed operative and then bashes Trump. It’s hard to see any Adam and Eve fig leaf hiding this nakedly political act.

One can only laugh at the........

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