President Donald Trump’s job approval among Catholic voters rebounded in April despite his public feud with Pope Leo XIV intensifying this year.
The shift challenges assumptions that Trump’s attacks on a sitting pope would alienate a key religious voting bloc.
Catholics—long a pivotal swing constituency—appear more resistant to Vatican criticism than many Democratic and Republican strategists had anticipated.
White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Newsweek in an emailed statement: “There has never been a greater president for Catholic Americans than President Trump, and his record proves it.
“President Trump ended the weaponization of the federal government against Christians, proudly defended and expanded our religious rights, pardoned pro-life activists, stopped the chemical mutilation of our nation’s children, and protected parents’ rights. The president will never waver in his support for Catholic Americans and will continue delivering unprecedented victories.”
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