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'Reckoning' as Catholic voters 'twist the knife' in Trump’s new holy war against Pope Leo

Apr 21, 2026Left

President Donald Trump's escalating spat with Pope Leo XIV risks alienating Catholic voters without delivering any meaningful political gains for Republicans of faith. At the same time, the Pope's progressive stances on climate, inequality and immigrants are already dividing the faithful along partisan lines. Reporting on Monday, Puck News explained that…

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President Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV – along with his sharing of an image on social media depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure – has soured Catholics nationwide, many of whom say that Trump’s quarrel with the head of the Catholic Church was beyond defensible.“The reactions were definitely like, you know, who would do something…

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