The poll, conducted late last month, found the president's approval rating among Catholic voters has dropped to 48%.
“I am not a politician; I speak of the Gospel.” Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks, made during his apostolic journey to Africa, immediately suggest that his clash with Donald Trump operates on a different level to the US president’s usual political spats.This is not the classic kind of confrontation that Trump has often had with foreign heads of state and…
WASHINGTON — Catholic Democratic senators rallied behind Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump called the first American-born pontiff "weak on crime," blasting the president's broadside as a step too far — even by Trump's standards.Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) summed up the sentiment of his colleagues with characteristic simplicity."I'm with Team Pope,"…
The Trump administration pulled millions of dollars in federal funding from Catholic Charities that provide care for migrant children, as tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV continue to escalate following days of public clashes over the war in Iran. The Department of Health and Human Services recently canceled an approximately $11…
