Archbishop Hartmayer responds to President Trump’s pope criticism 

Date: April 13, 2026
To: Priests, deacons, brothers, sisters, chancery, parishes and schools’ staff
From: Maureen Smith, chief communications officer, Office of Communications

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer OFM Conv., responded to President Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV in an April 13 statement.  

You can read the statement, in which he urges civility in public life, on The Georgia Bulletin’s website. The text is available in English and Spanish. 

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