Bishop Robert Barron

Vance, he was just citing both Augustine, by the way, so this new pope was an Augustinian priest. He was citing Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. I think what people tend to miss on that is they're talking about the kind of objective dimension of love, not the subjective. To say there's an order of love does not mean that subjectively I favor certain people and others I don't care about.

Vance, he was just citing both Augustine, by the way, so this new pope was an Augustinian priest. He was citing Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. I think what people tend to miss on that is they're talking about the kind of objective dimension of love, not the subjective. To say there's an order of love does not mean that subjectively I favor certain people and others I don't care about.

It's not that at all. If to love means to will the good of the other, well, there's only so much that an individual or a nation can do. So the best example is if your family is under attack, Well, yes, you're going to defend them first. If there's a fire going on in your neighborhood and your house is on fire threatening your family, that's your first obligation.

It's not that at all. If to love means to will the good of the other, well, there's only so much that an individual or a nation can do. So the best example is if your family is under attack, Well, yes, you're going to defend them first. If there's a fire going on in your neighborhood and your house is on fire threatening your family, that's your first obligation.

It's not that at all. If to love means to will the good of the other, well, there's only so much that an individual or a nation can do. So the best example is if your family is under attack, Well, yes, you're going to defend them first. If there's a fire going on in your neighborhood and your house is on fire threatening your family, that's your first obligation.

That, to me, is all the Ordo Amoris is saying. And we've kind of made it into into this sort of co-celeb or this, you know, point of controversy. So I don't know. I think if they got into a room with J.D. Vance and the Pope, I have a feeling they would probably pretty much agree on these things.

That, to me, is all the Ordo Amoris is saying. And we've kind of made it into into this sort of co-celeb or this, you know, point of controversy. So I don't know. I think if they got into a room with J.D. Vance and the Pope, I have a feeling they would probably pretty much agree on these things.

That, to me, is all the Ordo Amoris is saying. And we've kind of made it into into this sort of co-celeb or this, you know, point of controversy. So I don't know. I think if they got into a room with J.D. Vance and the Pope, I have a feeling they would probably pretty much agree on these things.

God bless you, Ben. Thanks.

God bless you, Ben. Thanks.

God bless you, Ben. Thanks.