Not implying anything here, but the timing so awkward... JD Vance visits the Pope, he initially refuses, then accepts to see the VP.
Now I see in the news Pope Francis passed.
Not implying anything here, but the timing so awkward... JD Vance visits the Pope, he initially refuses, then accepts to see the VP.
Now I see in the news Pope Francis passed.
Pope Francis has been very ill ... so he made a final effort this weekend to do all the good he could. That included trying to get through to JD Vance.
I know you are probably on the money. I guess, the optics bother me, but what can you do?
I will tell you this much. I'm seeing MAGA crazies celebrating. They care calling Pope Francis the devil. Why? Well, from what I can gather, they don't like that he wanted peace.
Key term: crazies. Anti-Catholicism has a long bigoted root in their movement, too -- anti-anything but their limited understanding of ANYTHING. They don't like that he stood up for peace, and that the Catholic Church is independent of their will.