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With Pope Leo XIV, assuming his post, college -football coach Lout Lou Holtz shared an important message for any Catholic across the globe.
Holtz said he has been “Catholic all my life”, who also served as an altar boy. He urged people in the United States and all over the world to be gracious to Pope Leo as he begins his leadership of the church.
“I am an old man I have been Catholic all my life. I was learned about how the pope would be chosen. The white smoke, the black smoke, a cetera,” Holtz began his message. “But you never know about the pope because he is not infallible. He is infallible when all comes to religious decisions, and we are taught to respect him and pray for him and listen to him.
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Lou Holtz, Former Notre Dame -Football Trainer, addresses the America First Policy Institute’s America First Agenda Summit on Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“I hope this pope will be very, very good, but I know: He is our pope. We must defend him, we must encourage him, we must pray for him and we must help him.”
Holtz continued to argue “too many people do not give enough to the church today,” and perhaps it is because some do not believe in previous papal decisions.
“The church has financial obligations like something else. So whether you like the pope or not, it’s irrelevant. He’s our pope. You have to respect him, pray for him and worry about him at the same time, accept the decisions he makes.
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“It is important for us to support the pope regardless of who he is, whether we like him or not. Pray for him. Pray for the decisions they make. I have been blessed to know two popes, have visits with them. Let’s make sure we pray for the pope, follow his blessings and learn because they have led us the right way in so many years.
“Good luck to you, and I promise you I will pray for the pope because I know the pope will also pray for me and pray for the choices he makes in this country’s interest.”
When Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as the first American pope last week, many wanted to learn about the new leader of the church.
Pope Leo XIV leaves Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP)
Louis Prevost, his conservative brother, pushed back on accusations that Pope Leo would be a “woken” successor to the late Pope Francis.
“He wasn’t like superpolitical,” Prevost told Piers Morgan about “Uncensored.” “He is not back, he is not right, he sees on the whole stage, takes information from both sides and in some way finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too many feathers.”
Prevost, however, addressed Pope Leo’s past criticism of President Donald Trump’s methods in the midst of the migrant crisis.
“He can offend with the method of moving people out and comments on it,” but nonetheless, “you still have to follow the rules of the law.”
Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz listens before being presented to the presidential medal of freedom in the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday, December 3, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Holtz is a stubborn Trump supporter who puts similar videos of his praise for the 47th president.
Holtz coached for 33 years in college with six different programs, especially Notre Dame, where he went 100-30 over his 11 years with the matches Irish.
