He claims that the Catholic Church is the true church established by Christ, despite the existence of scandal and human flaws within it.

“I think uh I think Catholicism is true. I think that God exists. Uh that Christ is the second person of the blessed trinity, the long awaited Messiah. I think he established a church and I think he gave that church authority and that that church is the Catholic Church.”

The Catholic Church maintains that only men can be priests because they follow the example of Jesus choosing twelve men.

“the there can only be men priests because they follow what Jesus did he chose 12 men”

He believes the Catholic Church is the one institution founded by Jesus as a single, visible church with authoritative apostolic succession to guide believers.

“I think the biggest thing that draws me to Catholicism is Jesus's promise that he would establish one church. Not two churches, not five churches, not 10 churches.”

The Eucharist is the literal body and blood of Christ and is essential for salvation.

“We consider the Eucharist truly one of those mysteries that we can't explain but truly becomes his body and blood and it's necessary for our salvation.”

Recent media reports and criticisms suggesting the Pope does not condemn Islamic terrorism are part of a coordinated political operation aimed at driving a wedge between Catholics and President Trump.

“This is an OP. This is an anti-atholic and coincidentally anti-Trump op to try to split the Catholics from the president and the president from the Catholics. That's what this is. That's what's going on.”

He views the leadership of the Catholic Church as increasingly progressive on social issues despite remaining conservative on topics like abortion and gender identity.

“I do think that in the Francis era and especially since Francis appointed like I think 80% of the cardinals that voted. Um, those the leaders of the Catholic Church are now leaning into sort of the more progressive positions on issues that they've always had or at least the church has mostly always ”

The new pope's Twitter feed demonstrates a history of political engagement and apparent frustration with the MAGA movement.

“it's extremely political. It was as though the only times he was tweeting or retweeting was to make political statements.”

Matthew Cox believes the Catholic Church is currently struggling with political skirmishes regarding LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting the broader American culture wars.

“I think that those General political skirmishes that we see reflected in the American culture wars generally are reflected in the Catholic church and particularly the American Catholic church and are almost indistinguishable”