Extremely popular conservative political commentator Candace Owens, formerly of The Daily Wire, recently announced that she has officially joined the Catholic Church, promising she will provide further details about her conversion at some point in the future. This is a pretty big deal for those in the conservative movement who have closely followed her career, especially following the departure from Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire publication and the subsequent “Christ is King” controversy that erupted almost at the same exact time.
According to a report from The Christian Post:
Candace Owens, a conservative political commentator who formerly worked for The Daily Wire, took to X on Monday to announce that “Recently, I made the decision to go home.” While she did not explicitly elaborate on what she meant in her post, images accompanying her announcement show Owens standing next to a Catholic priest at a Catholic Church.
“There is of course so much more that went into this decision and that I plan to share in the future,” Owens went on to say. “But for now, praise be to God for His gentle, but relentless guiding of my heart toward Truth.”
The podcast host then shared Isaiah 41:10, which says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” She concluded her post by proclaiming, “I do not fear,” adding, “Christ is king,” along with a symbol of the cross.
The CP report also revealed that a ton of practicing Catholics showed support for their new sister in the faith by leaving comments welcoming her into the Church. Abby Johnson, a pro-life activist and Catholic said, “Welcome home, Candace.”
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Owens did not specify when the pictures were taken, although it’s possible they were captured during the Easter Vigil Mass the evening before Easter Sunday, which is one of the most common occasions where new Catholics are baptized into the Church. The picture was definitely taken after March 9, when Owens responded to a question asking if she was Catholic by replying, “Almost there,” accompanied by a symbol of the cross.
Catholic News Worldreported that the pictures featured in her post documented the internet personality standing next to Fr. Julian Large at the Brompton Oratory, described by the outlet as a “Latin mass community” in London, United Kingdom. The publication also noted that Owens is married to “a Catholic British activist and entrepreneur named George Farmer” who previously identified as a Reformed Evangelical Protestant.
Owens’ social media post revealing her conversion to Catholicism comes a month after her employment with The Daily Wire ended amid a months-long clashwith Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro due to a disagreement between the two over Israel’s actions following the Oct. 7 terror attacks carried out by the terror organization Hamas. As many as 1,163 people, including 31 Americans, were slaughtered that day, and around 240 people were taken hostage into Gaza.
Those who have been critical of Owens claim she is antisemitic for saying that Israel committed acts of “genocide” against the folks in Palestine after the barbaric attacks on their country following the awful attacks last October.
While she might be new to Catholicism, Owens is no stranger to Christianity as a whole, having been rather open about her belief in Christ ever since she came on the public scene back in 2017. Back in 2018, Owens gave a speech at Liberty University, where she explained how she walked away from her Christian roots, became an alcoholic, and then suffered from an eating disorder due to the trauma of having lived through a childhood filled with poverty, abuse, and racism from classmates. The latter was so bad the FBI actually opened an investigation into the situation.
Owens also suggested that the audience had an obligation to participate in the “culture war” engulfing the United States: “I believe in you. You can do it without government handouts. You can do it based off of good ideas. You can do it based off of hard work. You can do it with Jesus Christ.”
“At the moment that you believe in yourself, at the moment that you get back to your center, that you align yourself … with God, the universe will open itself up to you. It certainly did for me,” she commented.
Here’s to praying Candace sticks right by the side of Jesus.