If Zero thinks this is a fight that will help him get reelected he’s sadly mistaken, his timing is terrible.
Zero is a narcissist. He doesn’t even think in terms of making mistakes or not, only in terms of feeding his how feelings of being god and keeping his narcissist bubble in tact. Having Catholics public agree with him rather than the Pope feeds his ego tremendously and whether it costs him votes or even the election is of no real concern to him. Either his staff and crew will get him elected or they won’t and Zero will blame them for any loss of votes. Victory, of course, will be all his and he’ll be sure to make that point should he win.