If this has already been pitched, my apologies: We all know that religion but specifically Catholicism is a massive global organization with a ton of money and influence. It’s not secret that the Catholic Faith has been hemorrhaging followers and the generational passing of Religion hasn’t been effective to the younger generations. The Vatican would do seemingly anything to have a “practicing” Catholic President of the US. It would lead to an increased power of the Vatican on the world stage, not just the US. In turn, that would be great for their bank account and followers. Furthermore, Catholicism being somewhat popular in the US but always a smaller demographic than Protestants, this is huge because we’ve had quiet a string of Non-Catholic Presidents.