Chile’s very Catholic president-elect {And Trump ally}

The Catholic Herald ^ | December 19, 2025

[Cronos]

This week Chile elected the devout Catholic and father of nine José Antonio Kast to serve as the country’s 35th president. He will take office on 11 March 2026 after a decisive run off victory that has redrawn the country’s political map. He won the second round on 14 December with 58.16 per cent of the vote, defeating Jeannette Jara and reversing his first round placing a month earlier.

Kast framed the election as a national turning point, telling supporters in Santiago during his election speech: “It’s a special day. It’s a day that stays with us, a day that stands out among the different days when things happen. And this is a day of joy.” He added: “But nothing would be possible if we didn’t have God. And that’s something we can’t fail to acknowledge,” before praying that the Lord would give him “wisdom, temperance, and strength, to always be up to this challenge.”

...Kast belongs to the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement. Founded in Germany in 1914 by Fr Joseph Kentenich, the movement emphasises spiritual renewal through Marian devotion. It has almost 100,000 members worldwide, including Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop of Santiago, and other bishops across South America.

...Kast is famously outspoken about his Catholic values, telling Chileans that “I am Catholic first, and then I am a politician.”

[Cronos]

“But nothing would be possible if we didn’t have God. And that’s something we can’t fail to acknowledge,” before praying that the Lord would give him “wisdom, temperance, and strength, to always be up to this challenge.”

[Redmen4ever]

With the Catholics as with the Protestants, the real believers sit in the pews.

[bankwalker]

The real believers read the Bible front to back ... repeatedly ...

[ebb tide]

Kast is more Catholic than Chile's frankenbishops:

Chile’s bishops emphasize immigration over life, marriage in letter to Catholic president-elect

[caddie]

This is such a wonderful thing; a part of the huge movement affecting the whole world now.

And especially SA, which we are still at risk of losing to Communism.

This election makes it less likely.

[Cronos]

Christianity is not a “gnostic” i.e. knowledge based religion - there are many illiterate or even children who have led saintly lives and are with Christ.

[SunkenCiv]

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