
The Vatican vs. Mar-a-Lago
Pope Leo XIV is making it impossible to reconcile MAGA politics with Catholic faith.
Kevin Gallagher is a writer living in Connecticut.

Pope Leo XIV is making it impossible to reconcile MAGA politics with Catholic faith.

The new pope’s homage to Leo XIII invokes Rerum novarum, the Catholic Church’s 1891 encyclical engaging with the social upheavals of industrial capitalism. His warnings about today’s economy suggest a renewed focus on justice, labor, and the common good.