The Financial Times: “The Maga Catholics Trying To Take Back Control Of The Church”

Articles | April 23, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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The Financial Times, a British newspaper, recently published an article called “The Maga Catholics Trying To Take Back Control Of The Church” that included the voices of different Catholic leaders and organizations, such as Jesse Romero and John Yep from Catholics for Catholics.

The article discusses a growing movement among conservative American Catholics, particularly those aligned with the MAGA movement, who are pushing for a more traditional and conservative shift in the Catholic Church as they face the beginning of new papacy.

These Catholics, reports the Financial Times, often critical of Pope Francis’s progressive stances on issues like climate change, immigration, and inclusivity, see his potential successor as an opportunity to restore what they view as the Church’s authentic teachings. The movement is gaining traction in the U.S., where Catholicism has become increasingly polarized, with some attending Latin Masses and rejecting modern Vatican reforms.

The article features members of Catholics for Catholics, John Yep, CEO and Jesse Romero, contributor:

“Trump has boosted Catholicism by reaffirming some essential things, such as border protection, the defense of human life and the fact there are only two genders,” said John Yep, leader of Catholics for Catholics, a political campaign group. “That was good for Catholics and that’s why 58 per cent of Catholics voted Republican in November.” John Yep

“Jesse Romero, a Catholic podcaster based in Phoenix, Arizona, says the time has come for a “Trump-like pope” who will restore traditional Christian values in the wake of Pope Francis’s death.

“Anyone who’s soft on abortion, who has Marxist tendencies, who’s pro-homosexual — we’ve got to get rid of them,” the conservative influencer and author said. “There are bishops who have marched on Pride parades . . . they’ve got to be fired.”

 Romero is one of a growing cohort of conservative Catholics in the US who hope that Francis’s death will mark a decisive shift away from the reformism he personified, towards a more doctrinaire, traditionalist approach to the faith.”

 “There’s a much better chance that we’ll have someone in the image of the late pope — a Pope Francis the second,” Yep said.

The recognizes that bold and courageous Catholics are becoming increasingly more and more influential in the recent years. Catholics for Catholics at the same time emphasizes the need to be loud and clear when it comes to proclaiming the Truth that sets us free: Jesus Christ.

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