Pope Francis appeared to correct the theology of Vice President J.D. Vance, who is Catholic, in a letter this week to U.S. bishops about immigration. Francis expressed concern about “the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations” and also explained the “true” meaning of the “ordo amoris.”
“Christians know very well that it is only by affirming the infinite dignity of all that our own identity as persons and as communities reaches its maturity,” said Francis in a letter to U.S. bishops dated Feb. 11 [Editor’s note: All quotes from Pope Francis were obtained via Google Translate]. “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.”
Pope Francis Seems To Reply to JD Vance’s View of the ‘Ordo Amoris’
Immigration has been front and center as Trump has taken office, with the president signing a number of executive orders impacting immigration in the U.S. The president says his actions are to prevent an “invasion” into the country.
However, some Christian leaders are troubled by the steps that the Trump administration has taken. On Jan. 22, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) responded to Trump’s executive orders, calling some of their consequences “deeply troubling” and stating that the impact will be to “harm the most vulnerable among us.”
In an interview on Jan. 26, Vice President J.D. Vance responded to the statement from USCCB, saying he was “heartbroken” by it. Vance defended the Trump administration’s intention to protect Americans from criminals and suggested the bishops were more worried about their “bottom line” than they were about “humanitarian concerns.”
In an appearance on “Hannity” Jan. 29, Vance discussed the Trump administration’s stance on immigration and explained what he called a “very Christian concept.”
“As an American leader, but also just as an American citizen, your compassion belongs first to your fellow citizens,” said Vance. “It doesn’t mean you hate people from outside of your own borders. But there’s this old school—and I think it’s a very Christian concept, by the way—that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community.”
“And then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then, after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world,” Vance continued. “A lot of the far left has completely inverted that. They seem to hate the citizens of their own country and care more about people outside their own borders.”
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