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SC H4509
Resolution
Status
5/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Wendell Gilliard
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AI Summary
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Calls on the President of the United States and Congress to issue a sincere apology to the Vatican and Catholic Church members for AI-generated images showing the President dressed in papal vestments
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Notes the images appeared on official social media accounts of the President and White House during the Catholic Church's nine-day mourning period following Pope Francis's death on April 21, 2025
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Characterizes the images as "sacrilegious, inappropriate, distasteful, and an affront to the Catholic Church and all persons of faith"
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Describes the President's actions as an insult to both the Catholic Church and a foreign head of state, since the Pope serves as sovereign of Vatican City
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Directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the President and South Carolina's Congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Memorializing the President and Congress to apologize to the Vatican and the Catholic Church
Last Action
Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
5/6/2025