Donald Trump Archives

What does a bishop think sitting next to the pope? “My mother’s scolding ‘sit up straight!'”

Jan 24, 2020

On Friday, President Donald Trump will become the first U.S. president to attend the March for Life in Washington. According to Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, his participation is a political move in an election year.

By Inés San Martín

Top Vatican diplomat calls relationship with US ‘strong and solid’

Jul 18, 2019

A new exhibit celebrates 35 years of Vatican-U.S. diplomatic relations.

By Christopher White

Former Bush official discusses saving politics after Trump

Jun 12, 2019

Peter Wehner is senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, former senior White House aide for President George W. Bush. He has written a new book called “The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump”.

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

If Francis wants to mediate US/Iran, his best odds may be with Tehran

May 23, 2019

Here’s the irony of the present moment: One can assemble a powerful case that the Vatican under Pope Francis actually would stand a better chance of moving the needle with Iran than the U.S. if it wanted to mediate the current conflict.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope Francis says homosexual tendencies are ‘not a sin’

Apr 1, 2019

ROME — Pope Francis has said that homosexual tendencies “are not a sin,” while encouraging parents who begin “seeing rare things” in their children to “please, consult, and go to a professional,” because “it could be that he [or she] is not homosexual.” Asked about his famous soundbite “Who am

By Inés San Martín

Challenging pope on multiple fronts, Bannon wants to train gladiators

Apr 1, 2019

Steve Bannon, the architect behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s election, has said he intends to spark a populist revolution in the Catholic Church and that he has more than one bone to pick with the Vatican, insisting they’ve got it wrong on issues such as the clerical sexual abuse scandals, China and populism.

By Elise Harris and John L. Allen Jr.