"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious time."

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself as pope on Truth Social. Rating: True (About this rating?) In May 2025, as Catholics around the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and days before the conclave to elect a new pope was set to begin,

The depiction of the president in full papal regalia was posted by Trump and on official White House accounts.