{"id":9475,"date":"2025-04-27T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9475"},"modified":"2025-04-27T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:59:56","slug":"the-battle-for-catholic-revival-time-for-a-maga-pope-to-step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/culture\/the-battle-for-catholic-revival-time-for-a-maga-pope-to-step-up\/pcrespo\/2025\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle For Catholic Revival \u2014 Time For A MAGA Pope To Step Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Or will the increasingly conservative U.S. Catholic Church move away from Rome? I don\u2019t know. We could get one, or we could get another liberal &#8220;reformer.&#8221;\u00a0Pope Francis was often criticized from within the church as being \u201ctoo woke\u201d\u00a0for his progressive stances on climate change, illegal migration, LGBT inclusion and other major issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis was also harsh with his conservative critics, especially those in the U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, he complained of a \u201cvery strong, organized reactionary attitude\u201d against him in the U.S. Church, adding: \u201cI would like to remind these people that backwardness is useless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the conservative U.S. cardinal Raymond Burke attacked him over his 2016 apostolic exhortation softening views on divorced and remarried Catholics,\u00a0Francis threatened to evict him from his Vatican apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also\u00a0dismissed the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, another vocal critic in the U.S. church, from his diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the pope\u2019s recent illness, Strickland told Newsmax, \u201cCertainly, we pray for him,\u201d \u201cbut we need the new Pope to be someone who is much clearer \u2014 really, frankly, stronger in the tradition of our Catholic faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-403x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-403x600.jpg 403w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-282x420.jpg 282w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-640x952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1-681x1014.jpg 681w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GN46965C_EN-1.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This, and many other divisions, brought him in conflict with a more traditional U.S. Catholic Church, especially in a time of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concern for conservative U.S. catholics\u00a0like me is that things will only get worse with another Francis-like pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/commentary\/electing-a-new-pope-who-and-what-comes-next\/pcrespo\/2025\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an earlier piece<\/a>, I delved into the Conclave that will elect our next pope. Of note, Pope Francis tried to pack the College of Cardinals with fellow liberals that will make up the Conclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, of the 10 U.S. cardinals eligible to cast ballots in the Conclave, six were elevated to their positions by Francis and are mostly in line with his liberal vision for the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, of the 135 cardinals eligible to take part in choosing his successor, the late pontiff appointed about 110 of them, including some conservatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis hoped that by packing the College he would be followed by a like-minded \u2018modernist\u2019 successor. And it could work.\u00a0As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/22\/vatican-power-struggle-will-an-anti-francis-pope-emerge-from-conclave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The appointments make it \u201cdifficult for an \u2018anti-Francis\u2019 pope to emerge\u201d, said Iacopo Scaramuzzi, a Vatican journalist with La Repubblica newspaper and author of the book&nbsp;<\/em>Tango Vaticano. La Chiesa al Tempo di Francesco<em>&nbsp;(Vatican Tango. The Church in the Time of Francis).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBut it doesn\u2019t mean this group is unanimous and cohesive, or that they have the same ideas. Almost all the cardinals he has chosen are pastors from great dioceses around the world.\u201d There were conservatives as well as progressives among them, Scaramuzzi added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the questions remain. Will his efforts ensure that the recently deceased pope\u2019s leftwing ideological imprint and direction will continue and deepen with a new pope? Or will enough traditionalists and conservative Cardinals reverse the liberal swing and elect an \u2018anti-Francis\u2019 more MAGA pope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\udde6 The contenders for the next pope \u2026 it will soon begin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnUiVI4oAe\">pic.twitter.com\/HnUiVI4oAe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyLordBebo\/status\/1914297027128656212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Catholics, and others worldwide, are certainly hoping and praying for the latter, especially in the U.S.\u00a0Due to President Donald Trump\u2019s pro-Christian, pro-life and anti-transgender policies, 58% of US Catholics voted Republican in November, a stunning number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump himself, aided by close Catholic advisors and allies, including his vice president, recent Catholic convert, JD Vance, has worked hard to align his conservative MAGA movement with the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, he created a task force to \u201ceradicate anti-Christian bias\u201d throughout the federal government, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More directly, before the death of Pope Francis, Trump appointed Brian Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, an outspoken critic of Francis and key leader in the effort that mobilized Catholic voters for the GOP last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis, in turn, appointed a liberal cardinal, Robert McElroy, as the Archbishop of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Francis regularly expressed his distaste for Trump\u2019s policies, writing in a letter to American bishops in February that deportations of illegal aliens violated the \u201cdignity of many men and women, and of entire families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That has not gone over well with most Trump voters and many U.S. Catholics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coincidentally, or divinely, on Easter Sunday, hours before his death, an ailing\u00a0Pope Francis\u00a0managed to share a\u00a0brief meeting\u00a0at the Vatican with his most senior U.S. Catholic critic, JD Vance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Francis, this would be a final encounter with the conservative wing of American Catholicism that is flourishing and increasingly assertive while the broader Church faces a bit of an identity crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as many have noted, the conservative change in the U.S. church is bigger than Trump and Vance. It is the culmination of long-term trends in a church that is shifting right.\u00a0Even as many of the leaders are progressive, the younger priests and many lay members are increasingly traditional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/2025\/04\/23\/bishops-have-got-to-be-fired-the-maga-catholics-trying-to-take-back-control-of-the-church\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=HP-SubDesc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Financial Times\u00a0reported that<\/a>: \u201cAccording to a survey published in 2023 by the Catholic Project, a research group at the Catholic University of America, more than 80 percent of priests ordained since 2020 described themselves as theologically &#8220;conservative\/orthodox&#8221; or &#8220;very conservative\/orthodox\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers added that while \u201cprogressive\u201d and \u201cvery progressive\u201d priests made up 68 percent of priests in the years 1965-69, that number had today \u201cdwindled almost to zero.\u201d This is a massive shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cultural vibe is also shifting right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Catholic podcaster&nbsp;in Phoenix, Arizona posted on X:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Anyone who\u2019s soft on abortion, who has Marxist tendencies, who\u2019s pro-homosexual \u2013 we\u2019ve got to get rid of them. There are bishops who have marched on Pride parades &#8230; they\u2019ve got to be fired.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bishops \u2018have got to be fired\u2019: The Maga Catholics trying to take back control of the church <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9bcKVkyEV2\">https:\/\/t.co\/9bcKVkyEV2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishTimes\/status\/1915016116071792759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And, yes, along with electing a traditionalist pope, purging modernist leftist bishops would be a great thing for the Church. But what if that doesn\u2019t happen and instead we get more of the same liberal modernist nonsense we have been seeing in Rome for the past decade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How will the American Catholic Church deal with this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/conservative-catholic-maga-pope-vance-b2a4497b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wall Street Journal\u00a0reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The appointment of a liberal successor, Faggioli warned, risked further estrangement [between the US Catholic Church and Rome]. One possibility he cited was a \u201cliquid schism\u201d in which the two parties don\u2019t suffer a formal rupture but increasingly look past one another. \u201cThe fear is that it basically could become a Catholic Church that is independent from the Vatican,\u201d Faggioli said.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stephen P. White, the executive director of the Catholic Project, a research initiative at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., likened that possibility to an \u201cAnglicization\u201d of Catholicism\u2014or a fracturing of the Church on national lines. \u201cThat is a problem,\u201d White said. \u201cThe faith is supposed to be one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s hope and pray that this never happens. But electing a true Catholic pope, and a renewed emphasis on traditional Church values, and maybe a conservative housecleaning of leftists in the College of Cardinals, and among many bishops, may be the only way to avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, I\u2019m ready to Make Catholicism Great Again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/crime\/purse-thief-who-targeted-kristi-noem-arrested-suspect-found-to-be-in-us-illegally\/phouck\/2025\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE Hits Jackpot After Noem Robbery Arrest \u2014 Stunning Discovery Exposed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or will the increasingly conservative U.S. Catholic Church move away from Rome? I don\u2019t know. 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