Meet Americas new MAGA Catholics fighting the religions new wokeness

Their critics call them MAGA Catholics.Others label them as traditionalists — even fundamentalists.

What is certain is that conservative or “faithful” Catholics, as they often prefer to be known, seem to be everywhere right now — from the new candidate for America’s ambassador to the Holy See to holding dinners and prayers services at Mar-A-Lago.This small but fervent wave of new conservative Catholicism is exploding nationwide — more visible than ever as they celebrate their resurrection victory this Easter Sunday.On March 19, the who’s who of the new Catholics showed up at Mar-A-Lago for a second year in a row.

The event displayed the direct connection between these groups, the Trump administration and the MAGA movement.At Mar-a-Lago was Eduardo Verastegui, a fervent Catholic activist and a former Mexican soap opera hunk who became a successful Hollywood filmmaker, along with Taylor Marshall, the one-time Anglican priest turned Catholic podcaster, and Joseph Strickland, the erstwhile bishop of Tyler, Texas.“Our true love for the Lord is the opposite of passivity.And it’s going to create zealous warriors.” said John C.

Yep, CEO of Catholics for Catholics, which hosted the Mar-A-Lago event.Formally known as the Catholic Prayer for America Gala, the gathering has lured high-profile converts such as Vice President JD Vance along with actors like Shia LaBeouf and Rob Schneider (both of Jewish origin), and Tammy Roberts Peterson, wife of famous psychologist and author Jordan Peterson.  For most of the past century, lay Catholics were seen as a timid cluster that quietly adhered to mainstream politics and society.

But that changed during the COVID pandemic, when radical leftist groups began public attacks on church doctrine and transgender ideology was increasingly pushed in elementary schools.A backlash began to brew, and leaders like Yep and his conservative flock were ready for it.  “This movement stands for the common man and the well-kn...