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JD Vance. But he is now highly critical of the US president's behaviour towards Pope Leo
JD Vance urging the Vatican to “stick to matters of morality” amid the escalating row between [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) and Pope Leo over Iran**. Vance is quoted as telling Fox News: > double quotation
criticism of the US-Israel war on Iran has brought him into conflict with the Trump administration. The pope has called Trump’s threats to destroy Iranian civilisation “truly unacceptable”, and US Vice President JD
criticism has done little to shore up Catholic support. Vice-President JD Vance, a recent Catholic convert, told the pope on Tuesday to “be careful” when discussing theology. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, subsequently suggested
pope can say what he wants, and I want him to say what he wants, but I can disagree,” he said. After US Vice President JD Vance urged the Vatican to “stick to matters
Leo and the Trump administration came in October of last year, when the pope criticized "inhumane" treatment of migrants. During the Easter season this year, the pope underlined the importance of peace
Leo remained outspoken in his criticism of war and his want for peace. Speaking at a cathedral in Bamenda, in the west of Cameroon, he said: “Blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those
JD Vance, to assess whether Donald Trump is fit for office and remove the president under the 25th amendment if it finds he is not. The measure, introduced by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat
Leo, whom he called weak on crime and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy social media post on Sunday. He did, however, delete a post of an AI image depicting himself as a Jesus
JD Vance isn’t in the same league.” Kevin Sorbo, an actor, director and producer, wrote: “It’s so refreshing to hear a politician who has hope for our future.” Even some Trump sceptics were
criticisms of the war on Iran, calling Leo “weak on crime” and “terrible on foreign policy” and saying he had only been elected pontiff because Trump himself was in the White House. Trump then shared
criticism of the US-Israeli war on Iran and the Trump administration’s hardline anti-immigration policies. Trump has kept up an unprecedented series of public attacks on the pope in recent weeks, drawing
critics have been [using the word “taco”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/08/liberal-judge-chris-taylor-wisconsin-supreme-court-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-us-politics-latest?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69d6f8258f083a7f17e5d555#block-69d6f8258f083a7f17e5d555) as an acronym for “Trump always chickens out”. Kennedy is a Methodist and not a Catholic, a point he stressed in the interview, perhaps
criticize me for preaching the Gospel ... I hope simply to be listened to because of the value of God's words." Most recently, this week, Trump told conservative radio talkshow host Hugh Hewitt that
JD Vance, US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa listen to questions from the media during
Pope Leo, is discovering the difficulties of living up to that standard while serving a mercurial political master who is waging a war Vance once cautioned against. “Jesus Christ does not support genocide,” [a heckler