JD Vance's papal audience

[cdemundo]

 

[Tug]

A new pope has been picked hope he’s a good decent man and guides the church well.just keep Vance away from him!he’s American/Chilean dual citizenship seems to be humble and decent.I hope he’s strong and speaks up on the issues of our days strongly.

[bendejo]

Not only that, after he left Rome he went to India, and then came the incident that has now sparked a war with Pakistan.

 

[brewsterbudgen]

JD is a menace.  I truly hope nothing happens to Trump! 🤞

[jerrymahoney]

Headline NY Times May 8, 2025 Updated 7:59 p.m. ET

-- ‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies
-- Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.

[Hanaguma]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

A new pope has been picked hope he’s a good decent man and guides the church well.just keep Vance away from him!he’s American/Chilean dual citizenship seems to be humble and decent.I hope he’s strong and speaks up on the issues of our days strongly.

I believe he is Peruvian, not Chilean.  

 

Agree that he seems like a decent fellow.  The world needs a strong voice to stand up against extremism and bigotry.

[bannork]

The new pope is a balanced papal leader with a biblical message, but that hasn't stopped MAGA allies from being enraged about him being elected, a conservative political consultant said on Friday.

Rick Wilson wrote that "MAGA hates the woke pope, they wanted a MAGA Pope, a cardinal in a red baseball cap willing to turn the Church of Rome into one more echo chamber."

Where the pope is from also serves its part, Wilson said. ''The fact that Leo is an American from Chicago makes them more furious," he noted, "He understands our politics and culture in a way no other candidate for the Papacy would have, and this frightens MAGA Trad Cath types who wanted a Trump ally in the Vatican."

'MAGA is very angry': Conservative strategist says new pope is in far right's 'crosshairs'

[Jingthing]

9 hours ago, bendejo said:

Not only that, after he left Rome he went to India, and then came the incident that has now sparked a war with Pakistan.

 

Not to mention the sports trophy he broke.

[Jingthing]

It may sound harsh but I'm hoping it becomes Vatican policy to never allow Vance anywhere near any living Pope.

It just wouldn't be prudent "at this time" or EVER!

[blaze master]

JD who ?

[jerrymahoney]

Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye

[bendejo]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

It may sound harsh but I'm hoping it becomes Vatican policy to never allow Vance anywhere near any living Pope.

It just wouldn't be prudent "at this time" or EVER!

 

There is a character in "Rosemary's Baby" who is an older gentleman that says he has been to nearly every city in the world.  Though it is never said, it is left to the audience to figure who he is supposed to be, or who's bidding he is doing.  "Pleased to meet you, won't you guess my name?"  (Hey, it's been 50+ years since I saw that!)

I went through a lot of Catholicism when I was a kid.  One thing I noticed is that people who convert to that religion as adults tend to really go off on it, two public characters that come to mind are Graham Greene and Malcolm Muggeridge. I don't sense much of that from JD, IMO conspicuous in its absence.