President Trump is facing rare pushback from religious leaders, including criticism from Pope Leo XIV and some Christian conservatives, after a controversial social media post that appeared to show him as a Christ-like figure, dressed in robes and seemingly performing a healing.
The image drew backlash from both Catholic and evangelical allies, some calling it blasphemous. It was a rare break from a base that has largely supported him.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with John Yep, the founder and president of Catholics for Catholics, about new tensions inside the religious right.
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