GOP candidate urges Trump to apologize to pope

(The Center Square) – After President Donald Trump refused to apologize for his social media criticism of Pope Leo XIV, a leading Illinois Republican says it would be huge if the president admitted his mistake. The president told reporters at the White House on Monday he would not apologize because the pope said things that were wrong. “He went public. I’m just responding to Pope Leo. You know his brother is a big MAGA person and he’s a great guy, Louis. I said, ‘I like Louis better than I like the pope,’” Trump said. Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey said in a social media post it was wrong for the president to mock the pope and to post an image of himself appearing to be like Jesus Christ. On Tuesday, Bailey told The Center Square that the president’s posts were totally inappropriate. “There's no doubt about that. Secondly, we all make mistakes. We say things in the heat of the moment, and