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Miles Archer

(23,581 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:56 PM 17 hrs ago

Vance: Vatican "should stick to the church and let the president stick to DICTATING AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY."

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
JD Vance advises the Vatican to stay out of US politics

JD Vance advises the Vatican to stay out of US politics

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-13T22:30:15.397Z


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Vance: Vatican "should stick to the church and let the president stick to DICTATING AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY." (Original Post) Miles Archer 17 hrs ago OP
Hey JD moonscape 17 hrs ago #1
People breaking all of the commandments every day is the Pope's business. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #2
HA! Vance is forced to admit there's a valid and abiding no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #3
Not only that he admitted trump was a dictator Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #28
Just as soon as the Trump Administration stops trying to dictate Christianity. tanyev 17 hrs ago #4
He's killed before. Iggo 17 hrs ago #5
Good, keep your religion out of public JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #6
Yes; Trump is a DICK TATER! Chasstev365 17 hrs ago #7
A Tater Tot, according to Stormy Daniels. 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #29
Traitor Tot. ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #36
🤣 Chasstev365 7 hrs ago #38
Vance converts to Protestantism live on televsion Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #8
I actually expect him to JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #12
"Caring about people is not political" Deuxcents 17 hrs ago #9
Hey, JD, go read the Constitution again. Did you sleep through Con Law at Yale? Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #10
Right, so whenever abortion rights come up for discussion DFW 17 hrs ago #11
+1 dalton99a 17 hrs ago #21
Gee, look at who now believes in the separation of church and state... regnaD kciN 17 hrs ago #13
Peace is the church's business. BlueNProud 17 hrs ago #14
They are ruining the world and the world isnt Johonny 17 hrs ago #15
VD Jance is such a CINO. ananda 17 hrs ago #16
I thought it meant Christian in name only. efhmc 17 hrs ago #19
Same thing. ananda 17 hrs ago #20
He isn't even a holiday catholic Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #30
"Dictating?" efhmc 17 hrs ago #17
We do not want him dictating or playing the role of dictator. waterwatcher123 17 hrs ago #18
Then get that fucking Christian Nationalism out too Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #22
And he says nothing when hick preachers talk about policy. Kingofalldems 17 hrs ago #23
So no religious freedom for the Pope? Raven123 16 hrs ago #24
HEY Vance.. Fuck the DICTATOR & Cha 16 hrs ago #25
J.D. FUCK OFF. spanone 16 hrs ago #26
I'm not a religious person but.... Skittles 16 hrs ago #27
He is Renew Deal 16 hrs ago #33
"Dictating" is a most interesting choice of vocabulary. 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #31
The problem is that the US government decided to cross the religious line Renew Deal 16 hrs ago #32
J D "Maybe it's Maybelline" Vance MW67 16 hrs ago #34
Vance is more like... purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #35
JD "converting" to Catholicism. sop 16 hrs ago #37
He thought it would benefit him politically. Sequoia 3 hrs ago #41
Dictating malaise 6 hrs ago #39
Coming from a regime that intervenes in everybody else's politics... Eugene 3 hrs ago #40

no_hypocrisy

(55,036 posts)
3. HA! Vance is forced to admit there's a valid and abiding
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:59 PM
17 hrs ago
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

Thanks JD! Your hypocrisy is priceless!

Lifeafter70

(1,095 posts)
28. Not only that he admitted trump was a dictator
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:05 PM
16 hrs ago

I know I know I took it out of context.
But it works for me.

JBTaurus83

(1,509 posts)
12. I actually expect him to
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:13 PM
17 hrs ago

He will do anything to become the nominee, and I can’t see how remaining a Catholic is going to be feasible for him.

Ocelot II

(130,762 posts)
10. Hey, JD, go read the Constitution again. Did you sleep through Con Law at Yale?
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:09 PM
17 hrs ago

The president's job is not to dictate policy. The president's job, per the Constitution, is to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed" (Article II, Section 3). Those laws arise from the people via their Article I representatives. And if the president has started a war because he felt like it and innocent people are getting killed, the Pope certainly can, and should, use his voice as (supposedly) God's messenger to speak out against the violence and the killing. God isn't cool with war in general, never mind what Pete Kegbreath says.

DFW

(60,305 posts)
11. Right, so whenever abortion rights come up for discussion
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:11 PM
17 hrs ago

The clergy in general, and Catholics in particular, should keep their mouths shut, right?

“Except when…..” coming in 5…..4….3…..2….1…..

Johonny

(26,304 posts)
15. They are ruining the world and the world isnt
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:23 PM
17 hrs ago

Happy about it, so Vance is going to have to eat the shit he crapped.

Lifeafter70

(1,095 posts)
30. He isn't even a holiday catholic
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:09 PM
16 hrs ago

Don't remember seeing him at Mass on Easter Sunday.

Cha

(319,414 posts)
25. HEY Vance.. Fuck the DICTATOR &
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:00 PM
16 hrs ago

the little mouthpiece Cockroach telling Pope Leo the XIV what to do.



Skittles

(172,038 posts)
27. I'm not a religious person but....
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:05 PM
16 hrs ago

when the Pope comments on WAR I think he IS commenting on MORALITY

Renew Deal

(85,251 posts)
33. He is
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:13 PM
16 hrs ago

Vance knew he screwed that one up. Also, threatening to destroy a civilization is well within the Pope’s scope.

Renew Deal

(85,251 posts)
32. The problem is that the US government decided to cross the religious line
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:12 PM
16 hrs ago

With all of the religious justifications for the war and Old Testament quotes to support “lethality.”

Keep religion out of foreign policy and maybe religion will have a smaller role.

That said, the ending civilization comments are a war crime and my understanding is that they may also be a sin.

MW67

(192 posts)
34. J D "Maybe it's Maybelline" Vance
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:15 PM
16 hrs ago

Trying to tell the Pope to stay in his lane, how very rich, the laughing stock of the world leadership

Sequoia

(12,762 posts)
41. He thought it would benefit him politically.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:36 AM
3 hrs ago

And remember what happened after he forced a visit with the last Pope. Despicable phony.

Eugene

(67,147 posts)
40. Coming from a regime that intervenes in everybody else's politics...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:19 AM
3 hrs ago

An unlawful war that is disrupting the entire world is everybody's business.

And Shady, crimes done in Christ's name are morality issues.

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