In the first two weeks of the Trump presidency, J. D. Vance gave two television interviews. In one he challenged fellow Catholics on the understanding of the hierarchy of love (which he got wrong); in the other, he accused the U.S. bishops of having a financial incentive in their support for the rights of migrants. The vice president thus quickly dispelled any remaining doubt that right-wing, nationalist-populist Catholicism had reached the White House.
Vance’s tone and the sources from which he draws his views represent quite a shift from the previous Catholic vice president.
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