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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.