Vance warns the pope should 'be careful' when talking about theology - BERITAJA

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV should “be careful” erstwhile he talks about theology, rebuking the pontiff complete his criticisms of U.S. overseas policy.

Vance based on that the pope, who has said Jesus “is ne'er connected the broadside of those who erstwhile wielded the beard and coming driblet bombs,” was failing to return into relationship conflicts specified arsenic World War II.

“Was God connected the broadside of the Americans who liberated France from the Nazis? Was God connected the broadside of the Americans who liberated Holocaust camps and liberated those, those guiltless people, you know, those who had survived the Holocaust? I surely deliberation the reply is yes,” he said astatine a Turning Point USA arena successful Athens, Georgia.

Vance, who is Catholic and met pinch the pope successful May, said that he likes it erstwhile the pope weighs successful connected issues specified arsenic abortion, migration aliases “matters of warfare and peace” but that he sometimes disagrees pinch him.

Attendees astatine the Turning Point USA arena Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

“Now we can, of course, person disagreements about whether this aliases that conflict is just, but I deliberation successful the measurement that it’s important for the vice president of the United States to beryllium observant erstwhile I talk about matters of nationalist policy, I deliberation it’s very, very important for the pope to beryllium observant erstwhile he talks about matters of theology,” Vance said.

“But I deliberation 1 of the issues present is that if you’re going to opine connected matters of theology, you’ve sewage to beryllium careful. You’ve sewage to make judge it’s anchored successful the truth, and that’s 1 of the things that I effort to do, and it’s surely thing I would expect from the clergy, whether they’re Catholic aliases Protestant,” he added.

The pope and President Donald Trump have exchanged barbs complete the past respective days, pinch the pope denouncing the warfare successful Iran and Trump responding by saying Leo was “WEAK connected crime” and “terrible for Foreign Policy.”

Leo, asked by Beritaja about Trump’s words, said he has “no fear” of the Trump administration. He besides vowed to support up his appeals for peace, saying they were rooted successful Gospel.

Trump’s digs astatine the pope caused upheaval among the Catholic organization successful America, pinch clergy defending Leo and saying Trump’s attacks were inappropriate.

They came soon earlier Trump posted an AI image depicting himself arsenic a Christ-like figure. He deleted the station pursuing pushback from supporters and allies. The adjacent day, Trump said that he thought the image was a reference to the Red Cross and that it depicted him arsenic a expert treatment a patient.