The firebrand conservative commentator Candace Owens has announced her conversion to Catholicism, a long-expected move for the controversial 34-year-old Black ideologue.
She announced the news on social media Monday afternoon, describing it as a “decision to go home.”
“There is of course so much more that went into this decision and that I plan to share in the future. But for now, praise be to God for His gentle, but relentless guiding of my heart toward Truth.”
The change for Owens comes amid shifting sands in her professional life, including an acrimonious exit from The Daily Wire in March following statements she made and supported that were seen as antisemitic.
Owens has lately made a decided shift toward more open support of Christianity, taking “Christ is King” as a mantra in many of her frequent online postings—often in support of ideas and policies seen as Christian Nationalist and anti-Jewish.
She began using the phrase online in November 2023, when she first came under fire from the well-known Jewish-American conservative and Daily Wire cofounder Ben Shapiro, who called Owens’ support for antisemitic tropes and criticism of Israel’s alleged Gaza genocide “disgraceful.”
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