{"id":50729,"date":"2026-04-14T19:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50729"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:29:03","slug":"trumps-approval-rating-with-church-going-catholics-is-58-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50729","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Approval Rating with Church-Going Catholics Is 58 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pope Leo XIV\u2019s relentless and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/14\/nolte-pope-leos-anti-trump-crusade-squanders-his-moral-authority\/#disqus_thread\">morally confused attacks<\/a> on the Orange Bad Man have failed to damage the president\u2019s standing with church-going Catholics, who give Trump a 58 percent job approval rating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Oh, and 50 percent of Catholics who actually go to church also approve of Trump taking military action against a suicidal terrorist regime in Iran seeking nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043822884930351241\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNewsPoll\/status\/2043822884930351241\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s true Trump has lost support amongst the broad group of those who identify as Catholic, those who actually practice the faith (which means attending church) still support the president by a 58 to 42 percent margin.<\/p>\n<p>That number flips to 42 percent approve, and 58 percent disapprove among those Catholics who never or rarely attend Mass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Is the Podcaster Pope making the same mistake disgraced former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy did with <em>Star Wars?<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<p>It might seem an odd comparison, but hear me out\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In pursuit of women and gays, Kennedy feminized and queered <em>Star Wars<\/em>. You see, Kennedy stupidly and arrogantly believed that by pandering to women and gays, she would expand the fanbase. Instead, she lost the <em>Star Wars<\/em> loyalists in such large numbers that 1) any added women and gay fans couldn\u2019t come close to making up the difference, and 2) Kennedy ended up resigning in disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s arrogance was in the belief that loyal <em>Star Wars<\/em> fans were so mindless they would keep showing up no matter how much she insulted them and turned the franchise they\u2019d loved for decades into something unrecognizable.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Pope Leo believes he can do what Kennedy couldn\u2019t? Leo\u2019s baseless, knee-jerk, and morally confused attacks on Trump make me wonder if his plan is to expand the Catholic Church \u201cfanbase\u201d with Trump haters under the mistaken belief that the already loyal Catholic fanbase, those who support Trump and actually show up every week, won\u2019t become disillusioned with this guy and drift away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Another comparison\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p>What Kennedy did to <em>Star Wars<\/em> was indefensible. Sure, she hid behind the good intentions of \u201ca more inclusive fan base\u201d (funny how male-skewing genres are required to attract women, but female-skewing genres are never required to appeal to us guys). Still, her true goal was a narcissistic desire to turn <em>Star Wars<\/em> into what she wanted <em>Star Wars<\/em> to be. She hated the <em>Star Wars<\/em> fanbase and sought to alienate them.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s behavior is equally indefensible. He hides behind the good intentions of peace and understanding blah, blah, blah\u2026 But all I see is a mindless partisan meddling in domestic politics, whereas he should be out saving souls. He\u2019s become divisive and looks like Barack Obama\u2019s puppet by way of David Axelrod.<\/p>\n<p>Both failed in what should\u2019ve been their primary duties. Kennedy\u2019s job was to deliver great <em>Star Wars<\/em> movies. Pope Leo\u2019s job is to appeal to all people as a means to save their souls. Instead, the Podcaster Pope is alienating practicing Catholics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/14\/nolte-pope-fail-trumps-approval-rating-with-church-going-catholics-is-58-percent\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV\u2019s relentless and morally confused attacks on the Orange Bad Man have failed to damage the president\u2019s standing with church-going Catholics, who give Trump&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}