Story by Eren Waris
Matthew McConaughey drops new hint about politics after meeting Pope Leo XIV
Matthew McConaughey drops new hint about politics after meeting Pope Leo XIV
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Actor Matthew McConaughey said he could see himself “adding to or working on” a constitution built around common ground among religions.
McConaughey, who calls himself an aggressively centrist Christian, has previously been asked about running for office, including governor of his home state.
The comments came in a USA TODAY interview, published on Saturday, August 15, after his meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City.
Actors Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey speak onstage at Nokia Theatre LA Live on August 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Matthew McConaughey says religion could inform politics
McConaughey said he sees common ground among religions as something that could inform a political system.
“There’s still a constitution out there to be written that all religions could agree on,” he told USA TODAY. “There's so much commonality.”
He said he was interested in the possibility of “adding to or working on” such a constitution, calling it “a great thing to share.”
Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
McConaughey also drew a line between religious teachings and the separation of church and state.
“Even though I agree with the separation of church and state, the values of those should bleed down into the values of any political system,” he said.
