U.S. Catholic Bishops Launch Fresh Assault on President Donald Trump, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, July 9, 2025

Dr. Jules Gomes (BA, BD, MTh, PhD) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Prelates cite Pope Leo XIV in social justice blitz against Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ 

Catholic bishops in the U.S. have launched a new offensive against President Donald Trump, asserting that his One Big Beautiful Bill, is morally objectionable, inconsistent with Catholic values, and harmful to the weakest in society.

The sprawling 870-page bill, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump on July 4, halts taxpayer funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood for one year and restricts federal support for gender-transition procedures.

A day before Trump signed the bill, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), blasted it for ramping up immigration enforcement and making steeper cuts to Medicaid and clean energy tax credits. It also threatens the “social justice” policies of the bishops, who are known to be mostly left-wing in their political orientation and who favor big government, unlimited immigration, welfare spending, and state intervention on climate change. …

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