MAGA Catholic bishop silent as 'faith advisor' compares Trump to Jesus

Former conservative talk show host and Bulwark editor Charlie Sykes says President Donald Trump had a busy day on Wednesday while mean-mugging Supreme Court justices preparing to eviscerate his EO to end birthright citizenship.

But after that, Sykes said Trump’s day got “even weirder,” with Trump’s ‘faith advisor’ Paula White-Cain comparing Trump to Jesus Christ at a lunch event at the White House, said Sykes.

"You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. Because of His resurrection, you rose up," said White-Cain.

This statement sent Sykes and many other critics into a rage — and not just because she compared Jesus to a man who oversaw the mass killing of little girls, admitted marital affairs and has a hard love for lying. It’s because a Catholic Bishop Robert Barron bore witness to the whole comparison without a word.

“[He was] sitting like a potted plant at the White House while Paula White compared Donald Trump to the risen Christ,” said Pope Leo chronicler Christopher Hale.

“Blasphemous,” scolded Catholic theologian Rich Raho on X. “It’s stunning to see a U.S. Bishop standing right there on the stage while Paula White compares Trump to Jesus Christ.”

Sykes also cited Fr. James Martin, the editor of America Magazine, saying: “Asking God, in a public prayer, to help a political leader make wise decisions, care for the poor, seek peace, foster harmony, and try to include all those who feel excluded? Yes. Comparing a political leader, in a public prayer, to the sinless Son of God during Holy Week? No.”

“As for Trump? Sweet Jeebus. Once again: WWJD? Not this, FFS,” howled Sykes.

The same week he sat idle as Jesus was pulled down to Trump’s level, Hale said the MAGA-friendly Bishop Barron went “on a whirlwind tour of right-wing media — the Will Cain Show, the Ben Shapiro Show, the Hugh Hewitt Show,” to undermine the pope.

Pope Leo had smacked Trump days earlier, warning the warmongering president with a quote from the prophet Isaiah, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.”

The pope also described Jesus as the “King of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war” and “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”

But Barron saw fit to give influencers permission to duck that advice. Ben Shapiro listed Old Testament figures who prayed while waging war, including Joshua, Moses and King David. Shapiro, who is Jewish, then claimed that the pope had contradicted Catholic teaching by condemning war.

To that, Barron agreed, said Hale: “No, I think that’s the right distinction, the one you made.”