As Fox News' Catholic clergy conduit for right wing propaganda, Fr. Jonathan Morris hearts GOP politicians. So it isn't surprising that, during yesterday's Fox & Friends homily, Morris would (again) bestow his priestly seal of approval on Donald Trump who just might be the best thing to happen to this country. Seriously!

The focus of the first part of Fr. Morris' Sunday sermonette was devoted to a very popular Fox/right wing meme; i.e. that the mainstream media, particularly the New York Times, is full of secular elites who don't understand Christian Americans. Clayton Morris reported that a NY Times editor recently stated that the NY and Washington based media didn't understand the role of religion in Trump's victory.

Cohost Abby Huntsman asked Fr. Morris to explain it all for us. Morris waxed orgasmic over the Times editor's "great honesty." He stressed the importance of reporters "understanding the role of God in someone's life." In response to a question of how this affected the election, Fr. Morris noted that lots of people "prayed for a good outcome." He asserted that the media erred when they assumed that "religious people can't be for this guy Donald Trump because he's done this and this." He continued: "A lot of people say, 'Hey, God uses imperfect instruments all the time and maybe therefore this is the best thing for the country, even though the instrument is very weak.'"

Cohost Pete Hegseth provided the requisite validation and reinforcement: "An analysis from someone at the NY Times is very different than the lived experience of someone in middle America who feels like an imperfect vessel, as you said, could be the one who delivers America back to them." He asked how the NY Times can "recapture that understanding of how a lot of Americans can see their faith."

Morris replied that the NY Times should "invest resources not just to report from an outsiders' point of view, but actually have people who might actually believe this crazy thing that 90% of Americans believe and that is the existence of God." He expressed a desire for more religion reporters from "fly-over states who believe that God is real and providential in our lives."

Cohost Clayton Morris changed the topic to the Vatican's concern about climate change. After reading a statement from Pope Francis, in which he urged priests "to be promoters of...the protection of creation," he asked Fr. Morris if priests are now expected "to promote climate change."

Fr. Morris said, "The Vatican believes in taking care of creation." He strayed from Fox's anti-climate science orthodoxy when he said that while he "might not agree with others on the specifics of climate science, the real issue is that the earth needs to be taken care because it affects people, especially the poor."

Hegseth, a Koch tool, asked if folks "want to go to Mass and hear about climate change, it feels like a political subject."

Morris asked "Why does climate change have to be political?" (Uh, because big energy, which has the GOP in a strangle-hold, wants it to be?) Morris continued to stray off the talking points with his comment that climate change becomes political when it affects the poor, "and all of us should be speaking out against what is causing this." But he moved right back into the Fox fold when he parroted the right-wing talking point that while climate change might be real, humans might not be the cause: "That's a whole other question, what is causing it, whether it's earthquakes, whether it's using aerosol bottles, I'm not exactly sure."

So there you have it. People prayed, Trump got elected, so it's all good. Who cares about all the lies and the bragging about sexual assault? Trump is just an "imperfect instrument" and possibly "the best thing" for America. If Fr. Morris says so, it must be true, amiright?

Watch it below from December 11th's Fox & Friends.