Tag: JD Vance

Vice President JD Vance said in a new interview with NBC News that while he has not yet fully read Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, what he has read of it "sounds very profound."

Shortly after Vice President JD Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue with his description of the US conflict in Iran as unjust, the US bishops' point-man on doctrine issued a forceful statement on the church's teaching about just war theory.

Vice President JD Vance will publish a new book this summer exploring his conversion to Catholicism as an adult, The Associated Press reported 31 March.

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance announced 20 January that they are expecting their fourth child, a little boy.

Late last month one of the world’s most well-known Catholics, US vice‑president JD Vance commented publicly that he hopes his wife Usha Vance – who was raised Hindu – “may one day … be moved by the same thing I was moved by” in the church. 

Both Albanese and Vance opted for a secularised approach that sacrificed personal conviction for political safety, separating their public personas from their personal beliefs, and in the process opened themselves up to charges of insincerity and political calculus, writes Tony Newman.

JD Vance’s “ordo amoris” reference sparked debate, highlighting Catholicism’s role in politics—balancing truth, justice, and the common good.

My hopes for the new Catholic Vice President of the United States faded quickly after his first televised interview since the inauguration, writes Monica Doumit.

George Weigel writes about embracing leadership that uplifts, confronts injustice, and champions Ukraine’s fight for freedom—our shared security and humanity depend on it.

“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed,” Samuel Johnson once wrote. In that spirit, George Weigel offers some “reminders” to sceptics and waverers on the war in Ukraine.

Former President Donald Trump on 15 July named Ohio Senator JD Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.