Ladies and gentlemen, it is our solemn duty to inform you that CBS’s John Dickerson is at it again, delivering yet another pretentious editorial bloviation with which to close out CBS Evening News Plus. This Time, Dickerson was spurred to righteous action by President Donald Trump’s viral pope meme.
Watch the editorial in its entirety, as aired on CBS Evening News Plus on Monday, May 5th, 2025:
JOHN DICKERSON: Donald Trump does not suffer from Catholic guilt. An AI-generated image appeared on his personal and White House account showing him dressed as the pope. But he demonstrated no sign of shame or self-reproach or anxiety. He called it a joke. Catholic leaders didn’t much laugh, said Bishop Thomas Papraki of Illinois. President Trump mocks God, the Catholic Church, and the papacy. For those applying to be pope or imagining themselves as one,…
