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The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of goodwill must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars,\u201d the bishop concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/pope-leo-xiv-i-have-no-fear-of-the-trump-administration\">Pope Leo XIV responded<\/a> to Trump\u2019s public criticism by saying he has \u201cno fear of the Trump administration\u201d and will continue to proclaim the Gospel. <\/p>\n<p>At the Turning Point USA event, Vance \u2014 who is publishing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/jd-vance-announces-book-exploring-his-conversion-to-catholicism\">book<\/a> about his conversion to the Catholic faith \u2014 said if Pope Leo was \u201cgoing to opine on matters of theology,\u201d his comments needed to be \u201canchored in the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the same way that it\u2019s important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it\u2019s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, who was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 2025, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bpdflores\/status\/2044449273513640082?s=20\">statement on X<\/a> on April 15 that \u201cpublic officials may opine about theology, as is their right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;the successor of Peter teaches. This is his office,&#8221; Flores said. &#8220;If what he teaches doesn\u2019t sound like what we want to hear, we should admit the likelihood that the problem is in what we want to hear and not in what he teaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Vance: \u2018Stick to matters of morality\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/vance-says-trump-was-posting-a-joke-with-deleted-jesus-like-image\">Vance defended<\/a> Trump\u02bcs decision to post on social media, and later delete, an AI-generated image that critics said depicted the president as Jesus Christ. Vance described it as a joke that people misunderstood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what\u2019s going on in the Catholic Church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy,\u201d Vance said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xcwcnb2ckO0\">an interview<\/a> on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>At the Turning Point USA event, Vance said he likes it when the pope comments on public issues \u2014 including immigration, abortion, and war and peace \u2014 because it \u201cinvites a conversation,\u201d even when there is disagreement.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was updated at 4:40 p.m. ET on April 15, 2026, with additional comments by Vance at the Turning Point USA event regarding inviting a conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. bishops\u2019 chair for doctrine issued a clarification on April 15 reaffirming that Catholic just war theory sets strict moral limits on the use of military force, emphasizing that it is not a political endorsement of war but a moral framework. 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