{"id":82393,"date":"2026-04-24T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82393"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:16:02","slug":"some-latino-catholics-offended-by-presidents-remarks-on-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/some-latino-catholics-offended-by-presidents-remarks-on-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Latino Catholics Offended By President&#8217;s Remarks On Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From The New York Times:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/04\/24\/us\/politics\/24pol-latinos-pope\/24pol-latinos-pope-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?format=pjpg&amp;quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"A man kneels before a large altar in a Catholic church. There is an American flag to his left.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">When Stuart Sepulvida arrives at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Parish in Tucson, Ariz., for Mass, which he attends most mornings, he passes a display honoring local soldiers and encouraging parishioners to pray for their safety. Hundreds of small cards record their names: Robles, Arenas, Grajeda. A portrait of Pope Leo XIV hangs across the lobby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">Mr. Sepulvida, 81, is a Vietnam veteran whose patriotism and Catholicism are deeply intertwined. He voted for President Trump three times but has never felt more betrayed by an American president than when Mr. Trump denounced Pope Leo as \u201cweak on crime\u201d and \u201cterrible for foreign policy.\u201d \u201cIt was very disturbing to me to hear both of them clashing like they did,\u201d Mr. Sepulvida said, standing outside the church one morning this week. Now, he is reconsidering whether he will vote Republican this year. Now, just 18 percent of Hispanic Catholics said they support most or all of President Trump\u2019s agenda, according to a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2026\/02\/09\/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll from Pew<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1777025246\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Some Latino Catholics Offended By President&#8217;s Remarks On Pope\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The New York Times: When Stuart Sepulvida arrives at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Parish in Tucson, Ariz.,.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82396,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82393\/revisions\/82396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}