'No sincere recognition': Lifelong Catholic exposes JD Vance's 'mind-boggling' hypocrisy
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo with U.S Vice President JD Vance as they meet at the Vatican, May 19, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS
In an article in Salon published Friday, political commentator Mary Elizabeth Williams argued that Vice President J.D. Vance "hasn't brought his Catholicism and his political ambition to the table to hash out their differences in a meaningful way."
"In a 2020 essay about his conversion, ironically called 'How I joined the resistance,' Vance embraced Catholicism as 'protective of children and families and with the things necessary to ensure they thrive.' So it's a little bit mind-boggling that the same guy who shrugs off school shootings as 'a fact of life' and justifies the decimation of aid organizations by musing, 'How did America get to the point where we’re sending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars abroad to NGOs that are dedicated to spreading atheism all over the globe?' The man who wrote 'If people die sooner in the midst of historic levels of consumption, then perhaps our focus on consumption is misguided,' now asks, 'God forbid, if your country goes to a war and your son or daughter is sent off to fight — would you like to know that the weapons that they have are good, American-made stuff?'" she wrote.
Williams, who describes herself as a "pro-choice, bigmouthed practicing Catholic" said Vance is aiming to "take communion on Sunday and separate families on Monday, because there's no sincere recognition in there of the teachings of Christ."
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"He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework. And he hasn't brought his Catholicism and his political ambition to the table to hash out their differences in a meaningful way," she added.
"Rationalization is not negotiation, and I can promise that you can't get into Catholic heaven disrespecting its fundamental rules."
Vance, whose heritage includes generations of culturally Protestant Scots-Irish Americans from Appalachia, converted to Catholicism through baptism in August 2019.
In February, Vance who now describes himself as a “devout Catholic," said that Catholic bishops had failed to support “common sense immigration enforcement.” He alleged they received $100 million to assist in resettling undocumented immigrants.
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