--- description: Stephen Colbert dedicated his entire opening monologue Thursday night to yesterday's fight between Donald Trump and Pope Francis. title: Stephen Colbert Explains What Pope Francis & Donald Trump Have in Common image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe2e65cdd712e51c/69887e498e0601899b464ad5/stephen-colbert-the-late-show.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Allow Stephen Colbert to Explain What Pope Francis and Donald Trump Have in Common  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 19, 2016 1:10 PM CUT  Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, Feb. 7, 2016 on the CBS Television Network. Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, Feb. 7, 2016 on the CBS Television Network.Heather Wines—CBS/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 19, 2016 1:10 PM CUT It must have been too much for a Catholic late-night show host to resist: Stephen Colbert dedicated his opening monologue Thursday night to the [fight between Donald Trump and Pope Francis](http://time.com/4229473/pope-francis-donald-trump-analysis/?xid=homepage "undefined"), and he had an interesting take on the problem. “I want to try to broker a peace between these two men,” Colbert said after declaring himself “America’s foremost Catholic.” “Mr. Trump, Mr. Pope… is it possible that you guys are fighting because you have so much in common?” Colbert continued. “After all, you both think you’re infallible. And you both sit on golden thrones. And you both wear very silly things on your heads.” Watch the clip above to see more of Colbert’s commentary on the fight. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4230337/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-pope-francis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4230337/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-pope-francis/"},"headline":"Allow Stephen Colbert to Explain What Pope Francis and Donald Trump Have in Common","datePublished":"2016-02-19T13:10:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:12:56.651Z","description":"A peace offering from \"America's foremost Catholic\"","url":"https://time.com/4230337/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-pope-francis/","keywords":["Television","Pope Francis topic","stephen colbert","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe2e65cdd712e51c/69887e498e0601899b464ad5/stephen-colbert-the-late-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe2e65cdd712e51c/69887e498e0601899b464ad5/stephen-colbert-the-late-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","caption":"Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, Feb. 7, 2016 on the CBS Television Network.","creditText":"Heather Wines—CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4230337/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-pope-francis/","name":"Allow Stephen Colbert to Explain What Pope Francis and Donald Trump Have in Common"}}]}] ```