Vatican notes 바카라 게임 웹사이트exchange of opinions바카라 게임 웹사이트 over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance
U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican바카라 게임 웹사이트s No. 2 official amid tensions over the U.S. crackdown on migrants, with the Holy See reaffirming good relations but noting 바카라 게임 웹사이트an exchange of opinions바카라 게임 웹사이트 over current international conflicts, migrants and prisoners.
Vance, a Catholic convert, met with the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, in the Apostolic Palace. There was no indication he met with Pope Francis, who has sharply cut back official duties during his recovery from pneumonia.
Vance바카라 게임 웹사이트s office said he and Parolin 바카라 게임 웹사이트discussed their shared religious faith, Catholicism in the United States, the plight of persecuted Christian communities around the world, and President Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s commitment to restoring world peace.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The Holy See has responded cautiously to the Trump administration while seeking to continue productive relations in keeping with its tradition of diplomatic neutrality.
It has expressed alarm over the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s crackdown on migrants and cuts in international aid while insisting on peaceful resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Those concerns were reflected in the Vatican statement, which said the talks were cordial and that the Vatican expressed satisfaction with the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s commitment to protecting freedom of religion and conscience.
바카라 게임 웹사이트There was an exchange of opinions on the international situation, especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the statement said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Finally, hope was expressed for serene collaboration between the state and the Catholic Church in the United States, whose valuable service to the most vulnerable people was acknowledged.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The reference to 바카라 게임 웹사이트serene collaboration바카라 게임 웹사이트 appeared to refer to Vance바카라 게임 웹사이트s assertion that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was resettling 바카라 게임 웹사이트illegal immigrants바카라 게임 웹사이트 in order to get federal funding. Top U.S. cardinals have pushed back strongly against the claim.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It is clear that the approach of the current U.S. administration is very different from what we are used to and, especially in the West, from what we have relied on for many years,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Parolin told La Repubblica daily on the eve of Vance바카라 게임 웹사이트s visit.
As the U.S. pushes to end the war in Ukraine, Parolin reaffirmed Kyiv바카라 게임 웹사이트s right to its territorial integrity and insisted that any peace deal must not be 바카라 게임 웹사이트imposed바카라 게임 웹사이트 on Ukraine but 바카라 게임 웹사이트is built patiently, day by day, with dialogue and mutual respect.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Vance was spending Easter weekend in Rome with his family and attended Good Friday services in St. Peter바카라 게임 웹사이트s Basilica after meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. On Saturday, after introducing his family to Parolin, the Vances got a private tour of the Sistine Chapel and later visited Rome바카라 게임 웹사이트s botanic garden, where one of his sons was seen in a plastic gladiator costume that is popular among Italian kids.
It wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t immediately clear where they would celebrate Easter. Francis, for his part, indicated he hoped to attend Easter Mass that usually draws thousands to St. Peter바카라 게임 웹사이트s Square, according to the official Mass booklet and liturgical plans released Saturday.
Papal rebuke on migration, appeal for prisoners
Francis and Vance have tangled sharply over migration and the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy and his progressive views on social justice issues have often put him at odds with members of the more conservative U.S. Catholic Church.
Francis also changed church teaching to say that capital punishment is inadmissible in all cases. After a public appeal from Francis just weeks before Trump took office, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. Trump is an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment.
Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, identifies with a small Catholic intellectual movement, viewed by some critics as having reactionary or authoritarian leanings, that is often called 바카라 게임 웹사이트postliberal.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Postliberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counterrevolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions like universities from within, replacing entrenched 바카라 게임 웹사이트elites바카라 게임 웹사이트 with their own and acting upon their vision of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트common good.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Just days before he was hospitalized in February, Francis blasted the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s deportation plans, warning that they would deprive migrants of their inherent dignity. In a letter to U.S. bishops, Francis also appeared to respond to Vance directly for having claimed that Catholic doctrine justified such policies.
A Latin concept of love
Vance had defended the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s America-first crackdown by citing a concept from medieval Catholic theology known in Latin as 바카라 게임 웹사이트ordo amoris.바카라 게임 웹사이트 He has said the concept delineates a hierarchy of care 바카라 게임 웹사이트 to family first, followed by neighbor, community, fellow citizens and lastly those elsewhere.
In his Feb. 10 letter, Francis appeared to correct Vance바카라 게임 웹사이트s understanding of the concept.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extends to other persons and groups,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Good Samaritan,바카라 게임 웹사이트 that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Vance has acknowledged Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트 criticism but has said he would continue to defend his views. During a Feb. 28 appearance at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Vance didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t address the issue specifically but called himself a 바카라 게임 웹사이트baby Catholic바카라 게임 웹사이트 and acknowledged there are 바카라 게임 웹사이트things about the faith that I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t know.바카라 게임 웹사이트
While he had criticized Francis on social media in the past, Vance recently has posted prayers for Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트 recovery.