Pope Leo Snubs JD Vance After Inaugural Mass

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spurned JD Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders.

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VP Vance makes his second trip to the Vatican in less than a month.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM

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I gotta say, this Pope gets the basics of his religion... love your neighbor as yourself.

In which all peoples and nations are neighbors.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-18 01:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Good for the Bishop of Rome to not waste time with the coach-humper when there are adults in the room he could be conferring with.

The hardworking American taxpayer has been funding JD and Usha's vacations: Italy twice, Greenland (if you want to count that), India, ski trip to Vermont, and Israel next week. Ain't life grand? At least Usha won't get humiliated in Jerusalem.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-18 01:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#2: Good for the Bishop of Rome to not waste time with the ~~coach~~ couch-humper when there are adults in the room Pope Leo XIV could be conferring with.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-18 01:43 PM | Reply

Snubbed Vance as he should have. Vance's views are the antithesis of everything Christ taught.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-18 04:28 PM | Reply

VD Prance is a Pope killer

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-18 04:33 PM | Reply

JV is no more a Catholic than his wife. For him it's a form of cosplay. His conversion' was a cynical political move. His words and actions while in public office demonstrate the depth of his faith, and it's not even skin deep ...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-18 05:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

He remembered the last Pope's fate after meeting with Vance.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-18 06:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump was going to go but then he heard it might rain.

#8 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-18 06:17 PM | Reply

@#4 ... Snubbed Vance as he should have. Vance's views are the antithesis of everything Christ taught. ...

Looks that way.

More from the cited article ...

... The first American pope shook Vance's hand during a brief, 17-second exchange during the procession line after the mass.

Leo met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra on Sunday after celebrating his inaugural Mass, which included world leaders from Canada, Italy, Germany, and other European Union officials in the audience.

The snub comes after the pope subtly criticized Vance and the Trump administration during his sermon, which has expelled and terrorized migrants and prompted seizing foreign land and resources, including Greenland. ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-18 06:26 PM | Reply