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A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Pope Leo XIV with about 60% approval vs. 36% for Trump, as Iran tensions linger; the pope’s stance on Iran policy has attracted Catholic voters and could influence midterm politics, while Trump’s attacks risk alienating that swing group.
In Bucks County, a Catholic-heavy swing area that helped Trump win in 2024, voters are reconsidering their support after Pope Leo XIV publicly clashed with Trump over Iran, with parishioners and local Republicans divided—some calling for accountability and others defending the pope’s stance—as the 2026 midterm landscape looms and a vulnerable Republican incumbent weighs how faith and policy intersect for Catholic voters.
Parishioners at NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral expressed unease with President Trump’s clashes with Pope Leo XIV, revealing a divide among Catholic voters who backed Trump in 2024 as some criticized his remarks as inappropriate toward the pope. The pope emphasized peace and said he isn’t interested in debating the president, while church leaders and Catholic politicians voiced support for the pope. Trump’s subsequent online rhetoric and an AI-generated image controversy added to the tension, with analysts suggesting the feud could complicate Trump’s appeal to Catholic voters ahead of elections.
Catholic voters in the United States are divided as President Trump’s wars of words with the pope over U.S. military action, refugees, and morality challenge faith-based loyalties; polls show Trump retaining support among Catholics but facing erosion, with white Catholics leaning Republican and Hispanic Catholics more split, reflecting a long-standing, nuanced Catholic voting pattern amid a growing moral-political fault line.
President Trump’s sharp rebuke of Pope Leo XIV over Iran policy has deepened rifts within the Republican Party, with conservative hosts Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson trading barbs and Trump urging a “good, bad, and somewhere in the middle” ranking of MAGA figures. Some GOP candidates, including Catholics, distance themselves from the president’s remarks amid concerns about Catholic voters and midterm prospects, while others defend him as the White House touts Trump as the party’s leader and focuses on inflation and security in a volatile political moment.
Trump escalates his feud with Pope Leo XIV, posting an AI image of himself in biblical robes and calling Leo weak on crime during Holy Week, risking alienating Catholic swing voters who helped him win in 2024 and complicating his standing with a key religious demographic.