Abbie Chatfield has weighed in on the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Sunday, in an explosive rant posted to social media.
The podcaster and reality star said in an Instagram Stories post, made shortly after the news broke, that MAGA Trump Supporters would ‘love’ the sad news.
‘The Pope has died and I am now fearful, not because I really rely on the Pope, although rest in peace, the Pope’ she began.
‘I’m fearful because MAGA are gonna take this as a sign that god is on their side, because the Pope recently called out the Trump administration and refused to meet with JD Vance.’
She continued: ‘He ended up meeting with JD Vance, unfortunately, but he was very public in criticising the Trump administration.
‘So Maga and Qanon are now gonna think that god is on their side. That god has struck down the evil Pope Francis.
Abbie Chatfield (pictured) has weighed in on the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Sunday, in an explosive rant posted to social media
Pope Francis (pictured) died on Easter Monday aged 88 after dedicating his ‘entire life’ to serving God and the Church, the Vatican announced today
‘Like, awful timing, awful timing. They’re actually gonna take this as a sign from god’.
Abbie went on: ‘Oh my god, it’s so scary, the cult is so scary. But mark my words, mark my words. That’s what they’re gonna be saying.’
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 after dedicating his ‘entire life’ to serving God and the Church, the Vatican announced today.
The Pontiff spent his final hours with faithful, emerging to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday and touring the piazza in the Popemobile to wild cheers and applause after being discharged from hospital only last month.
Francis had briefly met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance for a ‘quick and private’ meeting at the Casa Santa Marta residence in Vatican City earlier on Sunday.
He was hoped to be making a steady recovery from double pneumonia before Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced that he had died at 7.35am local time (5.35am GMT) today.
‘With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite, merciful love of God, One and Tribune,’ he said in a statement.
Francis had only left hospital under ‘protected discharge’ on March 23 after suffering an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs earlier this year.
‘I’m fearful because MAGA are gonna take this as a sign that god is on their side, because the Pope recently called out the Trump administration and refused to meet with JD Vance’ Abbie said. Vance is pictured with Pope Francis
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Pope Francis dead at 88: Catholic Church's first Latin American pontiff dies
But he resolutely toured through the crowd of 35,000 believers ‘for 50 minutes at 21 degrees’ on Sunday after giving the traditional Urbi et Orbi benediction and wishing Catholics a ‘Happy Easter’ and calling for an end to conflicts around the world.
The Conclave – where cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor – will not happen for at least 15 days.
Francis’s body will lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica during an official mourning period, and then – in contrast to most of his predecessors – he will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome’s Esquilino neighbourhood.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said the news of Francis’ death ‘deeply saddens us, as we are saying goodbye to a great man and a great shepherd. I had the privilege of enjoying his friendship, his counsel and his teachings, which never failed me, not even in times of trial and suffering.’
The White House published a pithy statement on X, saying: ‘Rest in Peace, Pope Francis.’
French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is largely Catholic, also shared his condolences in a post on X.
‘From Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted the Church to bring joy and hope to the poorest. For it to unite humans among themselves, and with nature. May this hope forever outlast him.’
The bells at Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral rang out 88 times on Monday in honour of Pope Francis who died aged 88, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
The ’88 rings for 88 years of life’ were to be followed by a full ringing of the cathedral’s bells before a noon mass in Francis’s honour, followed by another in early evening, according to the Notre-Dame press office.