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Posted on 04/15/2026 4:48:43 PM PDT by lightman
Vice President JD Vance responded to Pope Leo's recent comments opposing the war in Iran, as the Vatican has taken heat from President Trump for commenting on political matters, and specifically calling out U.S. policy.
Vance was asked about the Pope’s comments at a recent Turning Point USA event, where he suggested that the Pontiff and the president had a difference of opinion over whether the Iran war could be considered a just war.
"Number one, when the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword, there is a thousand-year, more than a thousand-year tradition of Just War Theory, okay?" Vance said. "Now we can of course have disagreements about whether this or that conflict is just, 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."
"But I think one of the issues here is that if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant," he added.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson also responded to the Pope’s comments, arguing that if the Pope wades into political waters, he should expect political pushback.
"Listen, I'm not one to criticize clerics and religious leaders. We defend free speech, and we certainly defend the right to free exercise of religion. And a pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want. But obviously if you wade into political waters, I think you should expect some political response," Johnson said. "And I think the Pope's received some of that. I was taken a little bit aback, just honestly, frankly, by something that was said. I think he said several days back that something about those who engage in war, that Jesus doesn't hear their prayers or something. It is a very well-settled matter of Christian theology."
"So I don't want to engage in a theological debate with the Pope," he added. "I certainly respect the Pope. I would just say that these are matters that people of good faith and good sense can debate and think through, and I think that's what that reflects."
This comes after the Pope has been critical not only of the Iran war, but also of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. The tensions between the Pope and the president came to a head days ago, when the Pope stated that “God does not bless any conflict.”
President Trump responded, blasting the Pope, writing, on Truth Social that "Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy."
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Antipope Prevost is a communist and I’d be perfectly fine with seal team six sliding down ropes, abducting him, and putting him in a hole for the Marxist pedophile he is and for Catholic Charities helping with the foreign invasion of America.
“Soldiers asked what they should do to repent. John replied, ‘Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.’”
The Pope is not the only one opposing this war so does the majority of the American people.
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and for Catholic Charities helping with the foreign invasion of America.
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Catholic Charities and all other such organizations should be legally prohibited from assisting any person or organization, public or private, that engages in any activities detrimental to the interests of our country and its citizens.
Mr Pope Tear down this wall !!!! points to the Vatican wall
I question the premise of your comment. Most Americans who lived through the era of yellow ribbons & a nightly countdown of the 444 days that Iran held our citizens have been waiting decades for America to finally take down the theocratic despots running that country.
After 47 years POTUS 47 is bringing recompense.
MAGA!
MIGA!
M ake
I ran
G rovel
A gain
The Pope needs to tear down the wall surrounding Vatican City - and stare supporting all third world people who want a free pass.
the old testament is FULL if ibstances of God blessing one dide....either as vorrection or blessing. David is many examples
MAGA approve 100%.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-poll-maga-approval-cnn-b2941324.html
And Rasmussen 52%
So you have no majority opposition.
Pope Leo is conspiring with Democrats to harm Trump... America will suffer the consequences.
“On April 9, Pope Leo XIV met with David Axelrod, one of the most seasoned operators in the Democratic Party and the architect of Barack Obama’s rise to power; four days later, Leo delivered the first in a series of pointed public critiques of President Donald Trump and his Republican administration.
A Pope who breaks bread with partisan operatives and emerges days later to attack a sitting president has ceased, in my mind, to function as a shepherd of souls. He has become, instead, a political actor—and a graceless one at that. And this fits a recent pattern for the Vatican.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-15736491/Pope-Leo-Trump-Iran-Immigration-AYAAN-HIRSI-ALI.html
Leo is simply a political operative. Nothing more. And a lot of Catholics agree.
That pride creep is real. People climb the ladder, suddenly think their opinion’s gold on everything, and forget the job they were actually hired for. Happens in every organization, but the Church does it in fancy robes...
The Pope is not the only one opposing this war so does the majority of the American people.
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Fortunately, those who do oppose it are not able to subject our country and our lives to the threat of nuclear annihilation by nuclear-armed religious lunatics! I’m certain, however, that if Iran had been free to do so and nuked major cities in the U.S., the UK, and the EU, the angry hordes of TDS sufferers would have immediately blamed Trump for not disarming them just as he’s doing today!
Emerging from the upper room, Peter wielded a sword.
He did so at the specific insistence of Jesus himself.
Did Jesus not favor Peter?
MAGA is down to about 137 people, 19 of which are here on FR; saying that MAGA approves of anything is meaningless at this point.
The majority oppose a long drawn out war. When you change the question to whether they support bombings that would take out the Iranian leadership, it jumps to 93 percent.
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