As a Catholic intellectual and professional historian, I write to correct any impression readers might have about an intrinsic connection or even defensible affinity between Roman Catholicism and Trumpism.
Trump's narcissism, insults, conception of masculinity and denigration of non-loyalists are the antithesis of the self-denial and service to others at the heart of the Gospel.
His attacks on immigrants fly in the face of the biblical imperative to welcome the stranger.
There are plenty of reasons for concern about the modern world and our contemporary challenges... But anyone who thinks that Trumpism, Project 2025 or reactionary Catholic integralism is a promising way to address them ought to read up on Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain.
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