Approval of President Donald Trump among Catholic voters climbed higher in April despite his escalating public dispute with Pope Leo XIV, according to recent polling.
A series of surveys conducted by Fox News between late February and April shows Trump’s overall approval rating remaining negative nationwide, while his support among Catholics has fluctuated but held closer to even.
In the latest poll, conducted April 17–20, after Trump’s most recent Truth Social post criticizing Pope Leo, 51% of Catholic respondents approved of Trump’s job performance and 49% disapproved, returning him to net-positive territory with the Catholic voting bloc.
That result followed a dip in March, when approval among Catholics fell to 48% with 52% disapproving. In late February, Catholics had backed Trump 52% to 48%, suggesting a narrower but persistent range of movement compared with his national numbers.
Among all registered voters, Trump’s approval remained more firmly negative across the same period — 43% approve to 57% disapprove in late February, 41% to 59% in March, and 42% to 58% in April.
Despite the high-profile clash between the administration and the Vatican, the data suggest the dispute has not significantly eroded Trump’s support among Catholic voters, a key constituency in U.S. elections.
The surveys sampled roughly 1,000 registered voters each and carried a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.