Prestigious British magazine interviews Catholics for Catholics for story on Trump and Pope Leo
The Spectator spoke to John Yep for their story “Donald Trump’s papal style.”
By Catholics for Catholics
The Spectator, the world’s oldest continuously published magazine, interviewed John Yep, President of Catholics for Catholics for a story on Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
The story written by Margaret Mitchell, “Donald Trump’s papal style,” published on Friday, details how the president “might not have the theological authority of a Pope, but he governs like one.”
Despite Trump’s unorthodox style of government, Mitchell wrote: “Catholics see a friend in the president. They turned out for Trump in the last election, who won their vote by a 15-point margin. Catholic voters were courted by Trump’s pro-life policies, especially his role in rolling back abortion rights, given his appointment of conservative Supreme Court justices (six of whom are Catholic) who overturned Roe v. Wade.”
“Trump is acutely aware of those who are loyal to him,” Yep told The Spectator.
The story mentioned Catholics for Catholics “Catholic Prayer for America” event held at Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago. According to The Spectator, “the organization was catalyzed by the “globalist” agenda of Pope Francis and heavily criticized his stance on blessing gay couples, his concessions to China and his opposition to Trump’s immigration policy.”
The Spectator wrote: “Yep tells me the Francis era was “one of the most destructive pontificates in the history of the Catholic Church.’”
The story goes on, saying that “For Trump, the reasons for appointing Catholics to his administration perhaps go beyond rewarding loyalty and winning voters. The Catholic Church has an institutional strength which Trump and his followers respect. Yep tells me that the Church’s appeal within the Republican party largely comes down to its unity under the pope, whose authority on faith and morals Catholics believe is infallible.”
“When you have this kind of level of confusion in society, people naturally are going to look to institutions that have a security to them,” Yep says.”
In addition, the President of Catholics for Catholics challenged the term ‘MAGA Catholic,’ which he believes implies that these Catholics are Republican first, Catholic second.
“We are approaching politics because we want to evangelize”, Yep said.
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