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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28461506
Summary
Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with J.D. Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement.
The statement said there was “an exchange of opinions on the international situation… with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”
Pope Francis has repeatedly rebuked the president’s mass deportation effort, calling it a “disgrace” and a “grave sin.”
The Pope corrected a Catholic concept Vance had invoked to defend the administration’s deportations, ordo amoris (order of love). In a February letter, Francis pointedly explained, “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.”
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That GIF:
I thought that was Gene Hackman pushing the wheelchair for a second lol
To be fair, this is most likely because the pope is not well at all. It wasn’t even clear if he would be able to give the traditional easter blessing himself, which is significantly higher in the Vatican’s priority list than a meeting with the US second in line of succession.
Well, he had met King Charles and Camilla earlier that week, so he is giving audiences - at least to people he respects.
Vatican confirmed it in the souce
Their source has a more neutral tone, in case there is someone questioning the truth behind this article: https://apnews.com/article/vatican-vance-pope-migration-a91d0f741cb994faae1e363d38b66c05
Although I believe their neutrality got them banned from white house press events, so maybe they wouldn’t consider ap neutral anyway
Extraordinarily based
Fox News coverage of the event:
Love that film. One of my favourites
