Scrolling through social media this morning, I was struck by a double image: a jet fighter with a large icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary blazoned across it, next to an AI-generated image of Donald Trump radiating a kind of messianic glory in front of a flowing American flag and the motto ‘Thank God for Trump’. The person posting bore the profile name ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’. Above the double image that ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’ posted was the text: ‘God bless America and Trump. Thank you Jesus for sending Trump to stand up to an apostate pope in error with church doctrine.’
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Faith, politics and the rise of MAGA Catholics
As the political loyalties of many American Catholics shift from Democrat roots to Republican loyalties, the consequences for unity within the Church are becoming harder to ignore
Fr Dwight Longenecker
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