low level Catholic essentially..... he really does not understand .....

Converts to any religion or movement tend to be that way.

of any religion or denomination. And Vance, being an arrogant, condescending know-it-all with respect to pretty much everything, figures that his wonderful, miraculous conversion entitles him to tell the head of an enormous 2,000-year-old religious organization that he's doing it wrong. By the way, Pope Leo has a Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, and he taught canon law at a seminary for years, so Vice President Abuser of Upholstered Furniture should be deeply embarrassed for making that remark, but you know he isn't.

Catholic in name only

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but I'm willing to make an exception for Vance (and Trump)...I'm thinking a Hell where JD is standing, his feet super glued to a bed of nails, a loudspeaker bellowing his word vomit, surrounded by videos of the Pope and Erika Kirk on a never-ending loop...

Past Popes haven't groveled to the Mob. Why would this one bend the knee to Vance or Trump?

JD Vance only converted to Catholicism in 2019. He's been Catholic just as long as a class of second graders who just took their First Communion.

If Vance disagrees with the actual pope, he's free to fuck off and find a yet another faith he can cynically exploit for his own political career.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-04-15T00:22:17.050Z

This should be embarrassing for the Very Serious Conservative Catholics who carry water for this administration.

— Daniel Rober (@profdanrober.bsky.social) 2026-04-14T23:27:41.464Z

"Somalians are eating people's pets"??? That kind of being careful with the truth, JD?

This should follow him throughout his career, which I hope is coming to an end after 2028.

of the kind he'd happily repeat to "create stories so that the American media actually pays attention.”

He also referred to his and Trump's lying about this as "posting cat memes," which is an insult to cats, memes, and basic human intelligence.

He's the reason why I don't feel much relief at the thought of Trump leaving office early. President Couch Botherer will be a zero-percent improvement and might actually be exponentially worse (because he can mostly keep his mouth shut about the criminal evil he's involved in.)

is going to lecture the man whose whole life has been about theology and Catholicism.
What a damn loser. Vance, not the Pope.
These guys think it's commendable to double down when they're obviously wrong.

Before this is over, couch boy is gonna have to change his name and religion all over again. Should be easy, he's already one of Satan's soldiers.

wondering if the Pope could do that. Can he? Do you think he would if he can?

and now the guy in charge isn’t running it it the way JD thinks it should be run.

"Vance warns". That swarmy little punkass, eyeline wearing, couch lover fraud thinks he's a tough guy who's going to intimidate the Pope. Does he even see how ridiculous we think he is? No wonder he can't even sell out two rows at one of his "speeches".

He's about as religious as his phony boss.

"...is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs" seem like very carefully chosen words to me.

Catholics are taught to believe that the Pope can never be wrong when he's speaking about matters of faith and belief. Catholics believe that the Pope is guided by the Holy Spirit and therefore his decrees on faith will always be correct, merciful, and just.

Well OK, non-Catholics aren't so sure about that, but let's move on. Whenever the Pope speaks about politics and current events, there's no such thing as "Papal Infallibility" because he's giving his opinion, which he's entitled to do. But nobody thinks the Holy Spirit is guiding him, it's just one man's opinion.

I respect Pope Leo's opinions, just as I had great respect for Pope Francis. However no American Catholics are required to believe that his opinions are "infallible" because they aren't. He's telling us how he sees things, based on his growing up in Chicago, becoming a priest, and being a missionary in Peru, and now living in the Vatican. I feel that I can trust Pope Leo far more than I can trust Chump or any GOP member.

He reports to a higher authority than you do, JD.

Okay, so JD, WAS there a holocaust? Or wasn't there a holocaust? Because most of the Trumpers that I know think it was all fake and that Hitler was awesome.

Or did the holocaust occur only when it's convenient for your argument?.

And by the way, when it comes to theology, I'm afraid Pope Leo is WAY out of your league.

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...sucking up to power. Whether it's Trump or Thiel, Vance's sacrament is putting his lips on their anatomy: ass, toes, elsewhere... How much do you want to bet that the only reason he pretends to be Catholic is for the optics?

It's not a matter of conscience, because he doesn't have one.

I made the mistake of reading the FB comments on a WSJ article on this subject. Trumpers call Leo the "Chicago Pope", as if that city's Liberalism disqualifies any comments.

If the White House sees a political upside to its increasingly outlandish papal rebukes, it’s mistaken.

As JD Vance presses the pope to be “careful when he talks about matters of theology” — no, seriously, that’s what he said — a simple question hands overhead:

What exactly is the White House’s strategy here? Do Trump and Vance think the pope will be bullied into silence?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-15T12:59:00.596Z

Does vance think trump should stop playing the "annointed by the blood of Jesus" foil, to snare the true believer types?
Maybe he should just bypass the "annointed" part, and go straight into the trump IS Jesus scam, like trump did when he
posted a picture of himself in flowing robes, and healing the sick?

excommunicated for improper upholstery.

someone you would not buy a couch from.

is a pompous ass.