Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
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Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.

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.”

  • bob_lemon@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    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.

    • modeler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Well, he had met King Charles and Camilla earlier that week, so he is giving audiences - at least to people he respects.