This article discusses the growing influence of Catholic social teaching in the Trump administration, highlighted by the appointment of several Catholics to key positions. It contrasts the populism of Trump with the more intellectually guided populism of his vice president, Mike Pence, emphasizing Vance's Catholic beliefs as a key factor.
Vance has effectively and conscientiously challenged a number of long-standing orthodoxies within the Republican Party .
The rise of Vance has alarmed the old guard of the GOP, who correctly recognize that his ascendance has ensured that the populism espoused by President-elect But the instinctual conservative populism of Trump is different from the intellectually guided populism of his soon-to-be vice president in a key way: Vance’s ideology stems in part from the economic and social teachings of Catholicism, the faith to which Vance converted five years ago. In an interview with conservative author and columnist Rod Dreher after he was received into the Catholic Church, Vance singled out Catholic social teaching as a major influence on his views. “My views on public policy and what the optimal state should look like are pretty aligned with Catholic social teaching,” he said at the time. “That was one of the things that drew me to the Catholic Church. I saw a real overlap between what I would like to see and what the Catholic Church would like to see. I hope my faith makes me more compassionate and to identify with people who are struggling.” As the days have ticked down to Inauguration Day, Trump has filled out his administration with numerous Catholics for high-level roles, including Vance, health and human services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., labor secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer, secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio, transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy, and education secretary nominee Linda McMahon. The nominees are significant not simply because of their religion but because of the sort of influence Catholic social teaching will have on the new administration. It is an influence that represents a fundamental change for a party that has, in the past, generally embraced laissez-faire economics and eschewed any form of social spending as a “handout”
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