Breaking News–Sorry to inform the faithful.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
He was 88, and had survived a serious bout of double pneumonia.
And the world will mourn and await the announcement of the new pope.
But this post is about the meeting of VP Vance and the Pope on Easter….
Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans. The Vatican said they met for a few minutes at the papal residence in Vatican City “to exchange Easter greetings,” per the AP. Vance’s office said that they met, but provided no further details. In all, Vance’s motorcade was on Vatican territory for 17 minutes. Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, and the pope have tangled sharply over migration and the Trump administration’s plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy.
After wards there was a difference of opinion on the exact results of this meeting….
Vice President JD Vance met with the Catholic Church’s top diplomats at the Vatican on Saturday, in the shadow of Pope Francis’ criticism of the Trump administration’s deportation policy and Vance’s theological defense of it. The tension was reflected in the official statements released after Vance met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the foreign minister, Politico reports. The Vatican reported that an “exchange of opinions” took place on international issues, “especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”White House recounted the agenda differently, saying that Vance and Parolin “discussed their shared religious faith, Catholicism in the United States, the plight of persecuted Christian communities around the world, and President Trump’s commitment to restoring world peace.” The pope has expressed disapproval of the Trump administration’s moves against immigrants while maintaining relations in keeping with the church’s tradition of diplomatic neutrality, per the AP. Before the meeting Saturday, Parolin told an Italian newspaper that the “current US administration is very different from what we are used to and, especially in the West, from what we have relied on for many years.”
For me I will take the pope’s word on the meeting for Vance has been shown to be lying POS.
I am waiting to see if there is some conspiracy that springs up around this meeting….after all moments after meeting with Vance the pope dies…..surely there is a conspiracy theory in there some where.
Whatcha think?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
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A good man….will be interesting to see what sort of person replaces him…..chuq
As soon as he spoke out against Israel and the situation in Gaza, then criticised the US for deportations and human rights, he signed his own death warrant. They just wanted Vance to get his photo-opportunity in before the Pope was killed. Nothing will ever convince me that this was a coincidence.
Best wishes, Pete.
I do not believe in coincidences…..this was a photo op solely…..chuq
Surely!!
Just thinking out loud basically. chuq
I started hearing conspiracy theories as soon as news got out that he’d died. Most of them involve Vance doing it, or ordering the secret service to do it, because Francis was going to excommunicate him because of his spewing lies to the public. I’ve heard at least a dozen now that all involve Vance either doing it directly or ordering it done for various reasons.
Those are starting to fly….interesting how quickly it became a thing on social media. chuq