{"id":2596147,"date":"2026-04-28T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-spats-with-the-pope-trump-is-delivering-victories-for-christians\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:13:32","slug":"despite-spats-with-the-pope-trump-is-delivering-victories-for-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-spats-with-the-pope-trump-is-delivering-victories-for-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Spats with the Pope, Trump Is Delivering Victories for Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdespite-spats-with-the-pope-trump-is-delivering-victories-for-christians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The passage argues that Pope Leo XIV\u2019s public comments after criticizing President Trump have caused confusion among Roman Catholic Christians, adn claims that Catholics are not required to agree wiht a pope\u2019s opinions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-police-investigating-alleged-pop-up-bar-for-homeless-tents-rented-for-prostitution\/\" title=\"Denver police are investigating a suspected pop-up bar catering to the homeless, where tents are allegedly being rented for prostitution.\">complex social issues<\/a>. it asserts that papal statements would only demand assent if they were issued ex cathedra on matters of faith or morals-something the author says has not happened for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Using Saint Thomas Aquinas\u2019s *Summa Theologica* and Just War Theory, the text contends that Pope Leo\u2019s insinuations about the war in question being unjust are premature, and claims the criteria for a just war are actually met. It likewise challenges Pope Leo\u2019s earlier immigration remarks, arguing that governments have both the right and duty to regulate immigration and protect the welfare of citizens, and that Catholic teaching expects lawful immigrants to respect and integrate with the host country.<\/p>\n<p>the author claims Trump has delivered major \u201cspiritual victories\u201d for Christians-such as appointing pro-life Supreme Court justices,contributing to the overturning of *Roe v. Wade*, and reducing funding to Planned Parenthood-while accusing open-border policies of causing harm. The piece concludes that Roman Catholics can support Trump while still disagreeing with the pope, and urges prayerful discernment rather than letting disagreements over politics and religion create further division.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both President Trump and Pope Leo XIV have cooled the frenzy surrounding their sparring over illegal immigration and the war in Iran. The pope stated he has no interest in debating Trump, while the president said he has nothing against the Holy Father and is not fighting with him.<\/p>\n<p>However, the papal criticisms have caused confusion for many Christians \u2014 specifically Roman Catholic Americans \u2014 and have unfortunately distracted from the significant victories President Trump has delivered for Christian Americans and Christianity as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>To alleviate any moral conflict for Roman Catholics, it\u2019s important to remember that a pope\u2019s opinion is just that \u2014 an opinion. Roman Catholics are not obligated to agree with his views on complex and ever-changing social matters.<\/p>\n<p>Only when he speaks from \u201cthe chair of Peter\u201d (ex cathedra) to definitively settle a matter of faith or morals \u2014 which has not occurred since 1950 \u2014 must the laity agree with him. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable for Pope Leo\u2019s statements on war and immigration, which have created angst for Trump-supporting Roman Catholics, to be challenged.<\/p>\n<p>Popes have every right to speak on social and political matters, just as presidents have the right to speak about religious developments. The last thing America \u2014 and specifically conservative Roman Catholic Americans \u2014 needs, however, is contradictory messaging that sows even more spiritual confusion in a world where so much already exists.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Saint Thomas Aquinas\u2019s Summa Theologica, which has long been held in high regard by the church that Pope Leo now heads, outlines Just War Theory. This theory defines the specific conditions that must be met for a war to be considered just.<\/p>\n<p>The first condition is that only a legitimate government or sovereign can declare war \u2014 not private groups, individuals, or vigilantes.<\/p>\n<p>The second condition is that a real and serious wrong \u2014 such as unprovoked attacks or unlawful seizures of property \u2014 must have occurred first and warrant a response.<\/p>\n<p>The third condition requires that proper intention be maintained, with all actions aimed at achieving a good, such as restoring peace or preventing further evil. Any act intended to dominate, seek vengeance, or inflict cruelty would render a war unjust.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s espousing of platitudes about war in general, and his alluding to this war already being considered an unjust one, are worthy of scrutiny for two reasons.<\/p>\n<p>First, his stance on war in general borders on pacifism, which, as previously covered, is not the stance held by the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>Second, these comments have come before the war\u2019s conclusion, when an appropriate review of objectives could be conducted to determine whether the aforementioned criteria were indeed met.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, if he were to make any premature judgment about the war being just or unjust prior to its conclusion, the current circumstances suggest that the criteria for a just war have indeed been met.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is the head of a legitimate government, Iran has committed countless \u201creal and serious\u201d wrongs \u2014 such as unprovoked attacks and territorial seizures dating back decades \u2014 and Trump\u2019s \u201cPeace Through Strength\u201d mantra calls for the minimum amount of military force necessary to bring about peace, but only after diplomatic negotiations have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Five months ago, Pope Leo also took aim at President Trump\u2019s immigration policies. While he initially stated that \u201cevery country has a right to determine who enters, how, and when,\u201d he immediately contradicted himself by defending hypothetical illegal aliens who have resided in the U.S. for \u201c10, 15, or 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If he truly believed every country had that right, there would be little room for scrutiny of the Trump administration\u2019s attempts to remove illegal aliens, regardless of how they have conducted themselves while living illegally in the U.S. He then insinuated that such individuals have been deliberately treated disrespectfully as a matter of policy and wrongly asserted that \u201cno one has said that the United States should have open borders,\u201d both of which are provably false.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church \u2014 the official summary of Catholic teaching \u2014 governments not only have the right, but are obligated to protect and promote the overall well-being of their citizens. This means that whoever is in power is entrusted with determining the rules, requirements, and limits on immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The Catechism also states that those legally immigrating to a new nation are to conduct themselves with gratitude and thanksgiving by respecting the host nation\u2019s values and assimilating to become productive members of society.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that President Trump, along with tens of millions of Americans \u2014 including countless Roman Catholics \u2014 who feel that America\u2019s immigration system has been abused and exploited, and that those entering illegally have not shown respect for American values, are justified in their support of Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement as well as their resistance to Biden\u2019s and the Democrats\u2019 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Lost in the noise of these two hot-button issues are President Trump\u2019s countless victories for Christians during his decade in the political arena.<\/p>\n<p>Even prior to winning the presidency for the first time in 2016, he led the charge to \u201cbring back Merry Christmas\u201d in American culture after a period of increasing political correctness (brought on by the Obama administration neglecting to mention Christmas or Jesus Christ specifically in any of their yearly Christmas cards, if one can even call them that, given the omission) that replaced the true reason for the season with phrases like \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d and \u201cSeason\u2019s Greetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once in office, Trump fulfilled his campaign promise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-made-the-decision-trump-weighs-in-on-supreme-court-abortion-ruling\/\" title=\"\u2018God Made The Decision...: Trump Weighs In On Supreme Court Abortion Ruling\">appoint pro-life justices<\/a> to the Supreme Court, which led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade shortly after he left office in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>During his current term, Trump has cut funding to Planned Parenthood and overseen the locating of more than 145,000 children who were \u2014 ironically, given the pope\u2019s criticisms \u2014 separated from their families, kidnapped, or trafficked as a result of the horrific, reckless, and unconscionable open-border policies.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Knowles recently said it best: Presidents can\u2019t govern without religion, and popes shepherd flocks that live in political communities. The belief that popes should stay out of politics, and politicians should avoid discussions regarding religion, is flawed.<\/p>\n<p>Issues do not arise from cross-discussion in and of itself, but rather from what is being said within it. While in this instance it would be better for the pope to say nothing at all than to criticize the President, nobody could disagree that it would be far more beneficial if the pope commended President Trump for these inarguably good actions as opposed to ignoring them altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this confusion, a majority of the Roman Catholic laity possess a solid enough foundation to discern the truth thanks to their deep understanding of the faith. The Ten Commandments condemn idolatry.<\/p>\n<p>That prohibition applies not only to literal idols such as the golden calf in the Old Testament, but also to anything that is prioritized ahead of God. This is why the political beliefs of most Christians and Roman Catholics flow downstream from their religious views.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump were as \u201canti-Christian\u201d as many have recently tried to depict him, Christians would withdraw their support, because their faith comes first. Instead, the opposite is occurring, as recent polling shows his approval increasing among Roman Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Catholics are well within their rights to support Trump and his fight against abortion, the evil and sinister transgender movement, and open borders \u2014 all while he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pardons previously persecuted pro-life advocates<\/a> and works to neutralize hostile foreign threats.<\/p>\n<p>It is also acceptable for them to disagree with the views of the pope, so long as that disagreement is accompanied by prayers for his discernment, which the laity are surely offering.<\/p>\n<p>The first Trump presidency thrived while delivering spiritual victories despite criticisms from the Francis papacy. The second Trump administration appears prepared to do the same if Leo\u2019s critiques continue too. 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