Fox News' Sean Hannity declares he's 'no longer a Catholic' as he sides with Trump in Pope fallout
Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke about how President Donald Trump's comments mattered to him more than Pope Leo XIX's, after the pontiff denounced the war against Iran
View 4 Images Sean Hannity spoke about religion about his program (Image: Getty Images)
Sean Hannity made a bold declaration this week about his religion.
Fox News aired the latest installment of Hannity on April 16. The host spoke about the fallout between President Donald Trump, 79, and Pope Leo XIV, 70. The Head of the Catholic Church spoke up against President Trump and denounced his ongoing war against Iran. It comes after Trump made a disturbing sex comment on stage that silenced the audience.
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Although the pope has opposed Trump's war, he has not shown support for the country in the Middle East to have nuclear weapons, as the president had suggested. This comes as the pontiff attacked the tyrants "who are spending billions on killing" amid his feud with President Trump.
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Hannity announced he has picked a side between the pope and the president. He said, “As of today, I no longer consider myself a Catholic. I am a Christian.
"Where are the pointed words for Iran? This evil regime. The number one state sponsor of terror. The people that murdered 40,000-45,000 innocent protestors. Not a peep from Pope Leo."
Ahead of the broadcast, President Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House and said, "I have to do what's right."
View 4 Images Sean Hannity announced he is no longer Catholic
"I'm not fighting with him. The pope made a statement, he says Iran can have a nuclear weapon, I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
"I can disagree with the pope. I have a right to disagree with the pope," he continued.
View 4 Images President Donald Trump has spoken out against Pope Leo XIV in front of the press
On the same day, Pope Leo delivered a scathing address and declared, "The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found."
During the broadcast, Hannity also said, "I do want to shift gears for a moment with a message to the Vatican.
"Specifically to Pope Leo, who has openly condemned America's war in Iran, while seemingly enjoying a public fight with President Trump. Let me give some context. I went to Catholic school for 12 years. I even attended a seminary in high school, and studied theology, Latin, and went to mass daily.
View 4 Images Pope Leo XIV has denounced President Trump's war against Iran (Image: Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
"While I am a Christian, I left the Catholic church in large part because of institutionalized corruption. It was at the parish level, to the bishop level, all the way to Rome," Hannity closed. "Others at the Vatican have totally lost sight of the true meaning of the bible and its teachings."
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Before the broadcast, Trump wrote Truth Social on April 13, "I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country."
It comes after an 'unflattering' Leavitt photo was scrubbed from the internet after a White House meltdown.