Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But his and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.
Following Donald Trump’s election victory, two senior figures in the Catholic Church gave very different reactions. In one corner was Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Catholic Bishops’ conference, who soon after the result was interviewed by Eternal Word Television Network , a Catholic media outlet known for being sympathetic to Trump.
“The Holy See always tries to work with elected leaders, no matter who they are, but there is certainly a space between what Pope Francis sees as important moral issues and the way President Trump has spoken about those same issues,” Fr. James Martin, editor-at-large of Jesuit media outlet “America” and a member of the Vatican’s department for communications, told CNN.
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