Mr. Vice President: When pope discusses matters of war, he 𝒊𝒔 talking about morality

Catholic Church has long history in forming framework for evaluating armed conflict

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaking at Turning Point USA event in Mississippi in October 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore; CC-BY-SA 4.0 license via Wikimedia.org.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s frustration with Pope Leo XIV couldn’t have been clearer: Responding to questions in an interview with Fox News on Sunday related to the pope’s admonitions against …