Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, recently offered insight into President-elect Donald Trump's faith.
“There seems to be a new recognition of the role of faith, especially in our country,” he says. said fox news Sunday morning futures Host Maria Bartiromo interviewed at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Dolan continued:
I think President Trump took advantage of that. I've talked to him in the past. he was quite frank [that] Although he cannot be said to have been raised as a very devout Christian, he takes his Christian faith seriously. He has a lot of memories of Norman Vincent Peale, the famous preacher here on Fifth Avenue in New York, and I think he means it.
I think the assassination attempt was a new feeling for him. “I think there's something beyond me that's watching over me, and it's giving me a mission.” And what he personally expressed is something that's watching over me, and it's giving me a mission.” It seems to be expressed more and more. And it's part of America.
According to Breitbart News, President Trump in August targeted Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Mast after an assassination attempt on his life in July. He said he has “become more of a believer” in God.
He commented: I think I'm more of a believer. Many people say so. ”
After surviving a second assassination attempt, President Trump said, “Something is going on. Maybe it's God's fault,” Breitbart News reported in September.
On July 13, Trump narrowly escaped his first assassination attempt when Thomas Matthew Crooks shot him while speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Two months later, on September 15, Trump made his second assassination attempt after would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh was captured hiding in the bushes near the Trump International Golf Course. survived. He appears to have ambushed Trump, who was playing golf there, coming into his view.
According to Breitbart News, President Trump said in a September interview that the United States is “missing a lot of religion” and that “without religion there are no real guardrails.”
