Roberts noted that for Catholics, Trump’s promotion of the Bible King James left a lot to be desired. That version has traditionally been used by Anglicans and other Protestant denominations; is different from the version of the Bible approved by the Catholic Church, which in the United States includes the New American Bible, among other approved translations.
“It would be nice if the Bible (God Bless the USA) had all the books,” Roberts said. “As a serious Catholic, I’m going to read a version of the Bible,” he noted. “The entire Bible. “There will be nothing additional.”
Matthew Bunson, vice president of EWTN News, made similar observations in an interview on the topic with the host of EWTN News NightlyTracy Sabol, on Wednesday.
Trump is tapping into, Bunson said, “what is a broader concern in America about the decline of religiosity, a decline, as he puts it, of prayer,” he continued. “I think it’s all captured in the phrase he uses in his attacks on social media (Wednesday), that he wants to ‘make America pray again.'”