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Posted on 04/14/2026 10:11:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert who occasionally has sparred with church leaders over their criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, said in an interview on Fox News Channel on Monday night that the president’s social media post with the Jesus-like image was “a joke.”
“Of course, he took it down because he realized a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor,” Vance said.
He repeatedly dismissed the focus on the president’s fight with the pope, saying it “isn’t particularly newsworthy” and there will be disagreements from time to time with the Vatican.
But Vance also suggested the pope should stay in his lane.
“I certainly think that in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on with the Catholic church, and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy,” Vance said.
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Hopefully, Vance will reject the liars and the lies and come to Christ in faith (plus nothing).
‘Stick to matters of morality,’ Vance tells the pope
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First he would have to get a grip on morality. His religious and political positions are not moral.
Vance is ALREADY a Christian!!
The kindness and graciousness shown by Vance, his wife and Marco Rubio last year. The Pope had taken potshots at the Trump Administration for being tough on illegal immigrants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqDZaxtvAPA
1) The wall around the Vatican is 40 feet thick at some points.
2)
The Vatican has significantly increased penalties for illegal entry, setting fines up to €25,000 and prison sentences up to four years, effective early 2025. These tightened measures, covering unauthorized access to walled areas and drone usage.
Violent or Forced Entry: Penalties are enhanced if the illegal entry is violent or involves forcing checkpoints with vehicles.
Airspace Restrictions: Unauthorized drone usage (overflight) over Vatican territory is now penalized with up to three years in prison.
From EWTN News last year.
Uh oh.
They’ll take away his catholic card, and even change the secret handshake too.
I don’t have a big problem with either side on this because a president and a pope are supposed to serve different interests.
I expect presidents to make tough decisions in war time and expect popes to always call for peace.
The Pope said NOTHING about TENS OF THOUSANDS SLAUGHTERED IN IRAN!!
Neither he, nor Trump can keep their PIE HOLES SHUT!
Years ago we were having dinner with our parish priest and one thing led to another in the conversation. I mentioned that the clergy were the keepers of morality. That was soundly rejected.
Perhaps the pope should read about Pope Urban 11 or Pope Innocent XI and what they were dealing with to save Christianity.
According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, criticizing the Pope's political actions is not among the actions resulting in latae sententiae (automatic) excommunication.
Trump didn’t stay silent on those things. Why drag Donald into your examples of the Pope’s false nature?
Another unforced error. We keep hearing the term unforced error as Trump screwed up posting that picture of him as Jesus. Then he doubled down on insulting our intelligence by claiming he thought it depicted him as a doctor. (Really! He said that!)
Now JD is attempting to justify this latest FUBAR as humor?
Should the Pope always call for peace? Is that what Christ did?
I said they BOTH need to STHU! Like playground crap.
how is this an error?
I LOVE the way they are straight talkers
Uhh... No. Vance became a Catholic in August of 2019.
Neither he, nor Trump can keep their PIE HOLES SHUT!
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In Trump’s case, his Govt and their conspirators at Twitter tried to do that in the public square, so that’s why Trump has Truth Social and never seems to shut up.
Being silenced by one’s govt and their social media conspirators has consequences
You Protestants are really something else.......do you realize that Catholics NEVER even think about you? and NEVER say anything about Protestantism??
You don’t think that picture of Jesus/Trump was not an error?
Then lets not forget his threat to wipe out an entire civilization and then his unhinged profane Easter rant.
Errors.
Who are you calling a Protestant?
Jeez, you Catholics should study religious history. You might learn something. Like Catholicism was founded in the 4th Century.
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