Football legend Lou Holtz calls on Catholics to 'defend and encourage' Pope Leo XIV

With Pope Leo XIV assuming his post college football coaching legend Lou Holtz shared an central message for every Catholic around the globe Holtz declared he has been Catholic all my life serving as an altar boy as well He urged people in the United States and around the world to be gracious to Pope Leo as he begins his leadership of the church I m an old man I ve been Catholic all my life I was taught about how the pope would be selected The white smoke the black smoke et cetera Holtz began his message But you never know about the pope because he isn t infallible He s infallible when everything comes to religious decisions and we re taught to respect him and pray for him and listen to him CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM I hope this pope will be a very very good one but I do know this He is our pope We must defend him we must encourage him we must pray for him and we must help him Holtz continued by arguing too a multitude of people don t give enough to the church nowadays and perhaps that is due to several not believing in past papal decisions The church has financial obligations like anything else So whether you like the pope or not is irrelevant He s our pope You must respect him pray for him and care about him at the same time accept the decisions he makes MEDIA POSITIONS POPE LEO XIV AS POSSIBLE 'COUNTERWEIGHT' TO TRUMP It s major for us to aid the pope regardless of who he is whether we like him or not Pray for him Pray for the decisions that they make I ve been favored to know two popes have visits with them Let s make sure that we pray for the pope follow his blessings and teachings because they ve led us the correct way for so countless years Good luck to you and I promise you I will pray for the pope because I know the pope s also going to pray for me and pray for the choices he makes in the best interest of this country Since Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope last week numerous required to learn about the new leader of the church Louis Prevost his conservative brother pushed back on accusations that Pope Leo would be a woke successor to the late Pope Francis He wasn t like super political Prevost recounted Piers Morgan on Uncensored He s not left he s not right he looks at the whole scene takes information from both sides and somehow finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too numerous feathers Prevost did however address Pope Leo s previous criticism of President Donald Trump s methods amid the migrant predicament He may take offense with the method in which they re moving people out and comment on that but nonetheless you still have to follow the rules of the law Holtz is a staunch Trump supporter posting similar videos of his praise for the th president Holtz coached for years in college with six different programs most of notably Notre Dame where he went - over his years with the Fighting Irish Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter