Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday during a Turning Point USA event that Pope Leo XIV needs “to be careful” when discussing “matters of theology.” Vance said of the pope, who is embarking on an ongoing visit to four countries across Africa: “So No.
1, when the pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword, there is … more than a 1,000-year tradition of ‘Just War Theory,’ OK? Now, we can of course have disagreements about whether this or that conflict is just.” He continued, “But I think that it’s important, in the same way that it’s important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019 and was previously an Episcopalian.
His advice to the world’s foremost religious leader came after President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Pope Leo and his calls....
