If Pope Leo XIV and Donald Trump were to forge a strong working relationship, this could be seen, according to the biblical prophecies of Revelation 13, as the fulfillment of the coming alliance between the two beasts. In this interpretation, Rome, the first beast, is represented by a global apostate religious power, and the second beast symbolizes Protestant America. Together, they will form a strategic partnership that will exert global dominance over religious and political affairs. This future alliance is believed to pave the way for the enforcement of religious laws—such as the universal day of worship on Sunday—and the suppression of dissents, marking the beginning of the final crisis before Christ’s return.
For those who hold this prophetic view, a collaborative relationship between the newly elected American pope and the U.S. president is seen as a clear indication that church and state are beginning to unite in ways foretold in Scripture.
Reuters News published an article on May 9, 2025, titled “New York Cardinal Dolan says new pope will seek to ‘build bridges’ with Trump,” and expressed the following:
• “New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Friday he thought the new U.S. pontiff, Pope Leo, will seek to build bridges with all world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump. ‘Will he want to build bridges with Donald Trump? I suppose. But he will want to build bridges with the leader of every nation,’ Dolan told reporters in his first public comments since the election of Leo.” [1]
With Donald Trump’s relentless political drive to empower churches and restore Christianity as a central pillar of American identity and policy, it is evident that he—and those around him, from advisers to secretaries to White House staff—are on a mission to reshape the world through a revival of religious influence in government. Pope Leo XIV would likely be eager to seize this bold agenda, which closely aligns with the interests of Rome. As a pontiff who has already expressed a vision for unifying moral authority with global influence, he will see this surge of religious nationalism as a strategic opening to advance the Vatican’s objectives and forge a powerful alliance between religious and political forces on the world stage.
We were warned long ago about the prophetic role of the United States and the Papacy in the last days. Revelation 13 describes two great powers—the Papacy (the first beast) and the United States (the second beast)—which will unite in enforcing false worship and persecuting God’s faithful. Here are key statements that directly address this crisis:
“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience” (Great Controversy, p. 588).
“When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the State to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result” (Great Controversy, p. 445).
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Is not the fulfillment of Rev 13, but Rev. 17. The harlot already crossed the waters and is on the desert where the woman hide. The union of the church (all protestants churches) with the government will form the Rev. 17 beast, which is happening right now. Soon the harlot will ride the beast. A pope from a protestant nation is not a casualty. RCC plans centuries ahead.
If I was a gambler I’d wager at some Point soon the new Pope will sit in the Whitehouse Presidential seat.