Top MAGA Evangelical Blasted for Urging Pope to Praise Trump

One of America’s most high-profile Evangelicals has sparked a backlash by suggesting Pope Leo XIV should meet with Donald Trump to thank him for advancing religious freedom.

Franklin Graham, the son of the famed evangelist Billy Graham, also took to social media on Thursday to defend Trump’s controversial post depicting himself as a Christ-like figure—and Trump’s bizarre explanation that he thought the image portrayed him as “a doctor.”

US President-elect Donald Trump (C) bows his head as US evangelist president of Samaritan's Purse Franklin Graham delivers an invocation during the inauguration ceremony before Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. / SAUL LOEB / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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