Pope Leo XIV. A few months before his election, he shared articles criticizing US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance on social networks. These were mainly articles on migration issues, TASR reports according to AFP.
In February of this year, the Cardinal Posnost on the X Platform shared the headline and link to the essay that states that Vance was wrong when he quoted the Catholic doctrine to support the abolition of foreign aid Washington. The article contradicted Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019 and claimed that Christians should first of all love their family and prefer it over the rest of the world, writes AFP.
“JD Vance is wrong: Jesus does not ask us to escalate our love for others,” was the headline published in the transfer account along with a reference to an article from the American newspaper National Catholic Reporter.
After becoming Vice President, Vance justified the abolition of almost all foreign US aid by quoting the concept “Ordo Amoris” or “order of love” theologian Tomas Aquinas from the 12th century, explains AFP. The late Pope Francis said in a letter addressed to the American bishop shortly after which “true Ordo Amoris” involves building “brotherhood open to everyone, without exception”.
A few days later, Zápost published a headline and a reference to another article about Vance’s doctrinal arguments, which referred to František’s criticism of Trump’s mass deportations of migrants.
The last activity of the future Pope on the X platform before his Thursday’s election was to share a commentary of another user criticizing the mistake of a migrant deportation to Salvador by Trump’s administration. The paper spoke of “suffering”, and the question was asked: “Doesn’t the conscience be satisfied?” The Vatican confirmed on Thursday that the account is authentic and belonged to Zápost, who was born in Chicago.
Neither the US President nor the Vice -President did not mention his previous statements when congratulations to the election of the new Pope at allreminds AFP. Vance, who briefly met the deceased Francis on Easter Sunday – just hours before his death – “May God bless him!”
Trump himself, who published his photograph in papal clothing, generated by artificial intelligence a few days ago, said the election of the first Pope from the United States is a “great honor” for the US. Leo XIV.
