When Vice President J.D. Vance publishes his book Communion this June — a 304-page account of how his newfound Catholic faith transformed his life — he will do so as the second-ranking official in an administration engaged in open conflict with the first American pope.
On Sunday, just weeks after Vance announced his new book, Trump did something without precedent in the history of the American presidency: In a lengthy Truth Social post, the president lobbed insults at Pope Leo XIV, calling him “terrible,” “weak,” and bad for the Church. “I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of
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