ANGUS: Trump, Pope Leo and the Lessons of 1933
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 11:10 amANGUS: Trump, Pope Leo and the Lessons of 1933
Charlie Angus / The Resistance - April 13, 2026
EXCERPT: "Trump and Hegseth’s antics might play well with the likes of Laura Loomer, but they will go nowhere with people in the pews.
When Leo denounces the “delusion of omnipotence,” everyone knows who he is talking about. Trump can’t stand to be ridiculed. But Leo is doing something different. He is calling out the immorality of Trump’s self-personification of wealth and power.
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power!
Enough of war!”
We should expect the Trump administration to continue to escalate pressure on the American Catholic Church. But we can also count on the Church to increase its resistance to the administration’s unjust and illegal actions.
They have learned a hard lesson from 1933."
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Charlie Angus / The Resistance - April 13, 2026
EXCERPT: "Trump and Hegseth’s antics might play well with the likes of Laura Loomer, but they will go nowhere with people in the pews.
When Leo denounces the “delusion of omnipotence,” everyone knows who he is talking about. Trump can’t stand to be ridiculed. But Leo is doing something different. He is calling out the immorality of Trump’s self-personification of wealth and power.
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power!
Enough of war!”
We should expect the Trump administration to continue to escalate pressure on the American Catholic Church. But we can also count on the Church to increase its resistance to the administration’s unjust and illegal actions.
They have learned a hard lesson from 1933."
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