Vice President JD Vance shared that he was “surprised” by Pope Franciscus’ Criticism of the Trump government’s immigration policy, he believes that the Pope is “fundamentally a person who cares for the herd of Christians”.
While speaking at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, said Vance – a convert to Catholicism – that although he does not agree with Francis and some Catholic bishops about certain views, he and his children pray for the Pope every day.
Francis, 88, is Currently suffer From pneumonia and an infection in both lungs and is treated in the Gemelli hospital of Rome.
Earlier this month, Francis a big reprimand issued Of the plans of the Trump government for the massive deportations of migrants, emphasizes that the powerful removal of people simply robs them of their inherent dignity for their immigration status and “will end poorly.”
Vice -President JD Vance speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2025.
Francis wrote a letter to the American bishops, in which he seemed to criticize the religious argument of Vance in defense of the deportation policy.
Nevertheless, VANCE shared a message of unity between Catholics and Christians and said, “I don’t think it’s good for us as Christians to constantly fight each other about every controversy in the church.”
“Sometimes we have to let this stuff play a little and try to live our faith as well as possible, among the dictations of our faith and among the dictations of our spiritual leaders, but they don’t stick to the norms of social media influencers because they are not,” he added. “My goal is not to litigate if I am right and when they are wrong or vice versa. My goal is to perhaps express how I think of Christians in public life when you also have religious leaders in public life who have a spiritual duty to speak about the issues of the day.”
The vice president even led those present in a prayer for the Pope.
Pope Franciscus waves out of his popemobile after the weekly Angelus prayers, on Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican on October 20, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty)
“I believe that the pope is fundamentally a person who cares about the herd of Christians under his leadership, and he is a man who cares about the spiritual direction of faith,” said Vance. “Every day I and my children said a prayer for the Holy Father, and we pray for his health, and we pray for his comfort while working on what seems to be a pretty serious health crisis.”
He shared an important memory of his message from the Pope of courage and hope in the earliest days of the Covid-19-PandemieWho started only a few weeks after the birth of his daughter.
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“Ik zal de Heilige Vader altijd herinneren, of hij zich een weg baant door deze ziekte – en ik hoop zeker dat hij dat doet – ik zal de Heilige Vader altijd herinneren in maart 2020, in een tijd van ongelooflijke stress voor echt de hele wereld … de Heilige Vader die in een lege Saint Peter’s Square houdt, die de eucharistie boven zijn hoofd geeft en een preek die ik consequent teruggeeft, omdat het een ongelooflijk betekenisvol is voor mij, omdat het vandaag has time. “
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In conclusion, Vance said: “If the Holy Father can hear us, I hope he knows that there are thousands of loyal Catholics in this room and millions of loyal Catholics in this country who pray for him while he displays his specific storm.”
