EWTN: How the world’s largest Catholic media network turned toward Trump and got on Pope Francis’ bad side.

The guests are one indicator of the kind of news programming EWTN pursues. In recent years, Ben Shapiro has appeared on the network's pro-life show to give tips on leaving abortion rights advocates "speechless." A sympathetic Capitol Hill correspondent interviewed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about efforts in the House to punish her for inciting violence against Democrats—efforts Greene described as "spiritual warfare." Arroyo in particular pulls big right-wing names: Sebastian Gorka, Dinesh D'Souza, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, among others. Former Vice President Mike Pence once sat down to discuss "media elites and Hollywood liberals." Most of these guests are not Catholic, but they are all Republican. 

The way issues are discussed, even by religious figures, is also reliably Republican. On one episode of EWTN Live, a priest in an armchair on a cozy chapel-like set decried transgender athletes, the "negative history" of the U.S. being taught in schools, and the concept of white privilege. After the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, Pope Francis made a direct appeal for gun control: "It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms," he said. The next day, Arroyo brought Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, onto his show to discuss the "sociological" reasons behind mass shootings. "It's not a matter of guns, per se. It's not a matter of race," Donohue said. "No gun control is going to stop these men whatsoever. None." He rejected the idea that the Buffalo shooting was motivated by racism. "This has nothing to do with race," he said. (In his writings the shooter said he intended to target Black people.) Arroyo nodded his head in agreement…

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