DC Catholic leaves Mass over priest making Trump ‘comparison to Satan’

 ByJenny Goldsberry

March 10, 2025 12:28 pm

A Catholic man in Washington, D.C., marked the “first time” he left Mass on Sunday, citing the priest’s political homily.

This homily allegedly centered on the testy exchange between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House. As Zelensky offered criticism to Trump and Vice President JD Vance amid the presence of the press, Trump warned Zelensky that he was “playing with World War III.”

“First time I left a Mass in my life. Priest in Georgetown, DC, delivering his homily and proceeds to use today’s Gospel of Satan’s temptation of Christ in the desert to Trump and Vance’s ‘taunting’ of Zelensky in the Oval Office. He delivers direct quotes from Trump. The comparison to Satan was not remotely veiled," Declan Ganley wrote on X Sunday. 

The Washington Examiner reached the Archdiocese of Washington for comment. 

Sunday's gospel was meant to center on Luke 4:1-13, a passage detailing the story of Jesus Christ's 40-day fast. Catholics celebrate this story by simulating a similar fast called Lent, which began last week.

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