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  • 2019-12-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Pope Francis Compare President Trump to King Herod? (en)
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  • In December 2019, numerous websites published articles claiming that Pope Francis had compared U.S. President Donald Trump to Herod the Great, the client king of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents according to the Christian Gospel of Matthew. Breitbart reported: Pope Francis made the remark in question while fielding questions at a conference in Thailand. He did indeed refer to Herod while talking about the treatment of refugees. More specifically, the pope made this reference directly after saying that there are walls that even separate children from parents in other parts of the world, which many interpreted to be a reference to the Trump administration's policies at the U.S.-Mexico border of separating parents from children. Pope Francis made this comment after he was asked a question about the many refugees in Thailand. The pope's full response can be found below (emphasis ours): Pope Francis truly referred to King Herod while speaking about the treatment of refugees worldwide. He also mentioned a policy (border walls and the separation of children from their parents) that could reasonably be assumed to be a reference to the United States' immigration policy. However, Pope Francis did not mention Trump by name. The pope was also asked a question about refugees in Thailand (not the United States) and referred to Herod during a longer answer about how refugees are treated around the world. While this quote from the Pope is certainly real, he did not explicitly compare Trump to King Herod. As such, we've rated this claim as Mixture. (en)
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