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I try not to play the politicization of the Pope game
Vance last week appeared to brush aside Leo's previous criticisms as he told conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt
I'm not going to soil the man's legacy by talking about politics, I think he was a great Christian pastor and that's how I choose to remember the Holy Father.
After the Latin American Pope died, Vance diplomatically told reporters
There is nothing remotely Christian, American, or morally defensible about a policy that takes children away from their parents and warehouses them in cages.
Pope Leo also shared a post in 2018 that readWe still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth's resources and marginalizes the poorest'
The pontiff said during his homilyI would like that our first great desire be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,
he saidOne of the things that I try to remind myself of as a convert is that there is a lot I don’t know,
Vance said that day
We are not called as Christians to obsess over every social media controversy that implicates the Catholic Church,
Vance saidRome always felt like home for a Catholic, but now coming here and seeing one of our own on the throne of Peter ... it almost makes Jesus himself more accessible,
he saidPope Leo XIV is the first American Pope. Vice President Vance is the first Catholic convert to serve as Vice President,
the White House notice said
The fact that he is focused on tech and A.I., issues of the day, says a lot,
said John Cannon, the founder of SENT, a network for Catholic business leaders, who was in Rome for America Week events before the conclaveHe seems to be a man of deep prayer and reflection who believes in service to others and fidelity to the Church’s doctrine and constant teaching,
said Ashley McGuire, a senior fellow with The Catholic AssociationThe fact that you have both in one person is very rare,
Mr. Cannon saidI’m certainly not a fan of this guy,
Josh Mercer, who founded Catholic Vote with Brian Burch, President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to the Holy See, said in a podcastOur society is more than the sum of its economic statistics,
Mr. Vance later saidAn address by his Holiness would serve as a powerful reminder of our shared commitments to peace, service to others, and moral leadership,
it wroteThis can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, ‘a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society,’
he said