The White House has dropped a new trolling tactic—and many Catholics are not laughing.

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said President Donald Trump's posting of an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope "wasn't good" but declined to say whether the White House should apologise to ...

Cardinal Dolan calls Trump’s AI image as Pope “not good,” amid backlash from Catholic leaders following post-funeral conclave ...