JD Vance

Some of the protocols about how I respond to the Holy Father were much different than how I might respond to the Holy Father. You might respond to the Holy Father purely in your capacity as a citizen. And so that's just like one very concrete observation about the tensions.

The protocol is that American presidents and vice presidents do not bow before foreign leaders do not kiss any rings. And obviously, given our history, you can appreciate that. So no sign of disrespect, but, you know, important to observe the protocols of the country that I love and that I'm representing and that I serve as vice president of the United States.

The protocol is that American presidents and vice presidents do not bow before foreign leaders do not kiss any rings. And obviously, given our history, you can appreciate that. So no sign of disrespect, but, you know, important to observe the protocols of the country that I love and that I'm representing and that I serve as vice president of the United States.

But sort of that's an easy thing, right? This is more difficult, this question. And I think there are sort of three ways of thinking about it, and I tend to fall in the middle. Okay, so way number one, and you see some Catholics or some Christians say this, is to say, well, politics is politics, policy is policy, religion is religion, and...

But sort of that's an easy thing, right? This is more difficult, this question. And I think there are sort of three ways of thinking about it, and I tend to fall in the middle. Okay, so way number one, and you see some Catholics or some Christians say this, is to say, well, politics is politics, policy is policy, religion is religion, and...

you know, we wish the Pope all his best or we wish the church all its best in its moral teachings, but we got to focus on policy and these are two totally separate matters. But I think that that's wrong because it understates the way in which all of us are informed by our moral and religious values. So that's not the right way to do it.

you know, we wish the Pope all his best or we wish the church all its best in its moral teachings, but we got to focus on policy and these are two totally separate matters. But I think that that's wrong because it understates the way in which all of us are informed by our moral and religious values. So that's not the right way to do it.

I think another way to do it would be to say, I'm just going to do everything the Holy Father tells me to do. I think that would be

I think another way to do it would be to say, I'm just going to do everything the Holy Father tells me to do. I think that would be

And I think that would be a violation of the U.S. Constitution. But certainly, I think just my obligation more broadly as a vice president to serve the American people, you've got to think about this stuff. But I think the way that I take it is, on the migration question in particular, you have to think about what they've said.

And I think that would be a violation of the U.S. Constitution. But certainly, I think just my obligation more broadly as a vice president to serve the American people, you've got to think about this stuff. But I think the way that I take it is, on the migration question in particular, you have to think about what they've said.

And when the church says, you know, yes, we respect the right of a country to enforce its borders. You also have to respect the rights of migrants, the dignity of migrants when you think about questions like deportation and so forth. And so you have to be able to hold two ideas in your head at the same time.

And when the church says, you know, yes, we respect the right of a country to enforce its borders. You also have to respect the rights of migrants, the dignity of migrants when you think about questions like deportation and so forth. And so you have to be able to hold two ideas in your head at the same time.

And I'm not saying I'm always perfect at it, but I at least try to think about, okay, there are obligations that we have to people who in some ways are fleeing violence or at least fleeing poverty. I also have a very sacred obligation, I think, to enforce the laws and to promote the common good of my own country, defined as the people with the legal right to be here.

And I'm not saying I'm always perfect at it, but I at least try to think about, okay, there are obligations that we have to people who in some ways are fleeing violence or at least fleeing poverty. I also have a very sacred obligation, I think, to enforce the laws and to promote the common good of my own country, defined as the people with the legal right to be here.

One issue in particular, I've talked to a lot of cardinals this weekend just because there are a lot of cardinals here in Rome. One of the arguments that I've made, very respectfully, I've had a lot of good respectful conversations, including with cardinals who very strongly disagree with my views on migration is that, You know, it's easy to get locked in sort of a left versus right.

One issue in particular, I've talked to a lot of cardinals this weekend just because there are a lot of cardinals here in Rome. One of the arguments that I've made, very respectfully, I've had a lot of good respectful conversations, including with cardinals who very strongly disagree with my views on migration is that, You know, it's easy to get locked in sort of a left versus right.

You know, the left respects the dignity of migrants. The right is motivated by hatred. I think far too many people, obviously that's not my view, but I think some liberal immigration advocates get locked in that view that the only reason why J.D. Vance wants to enforce the borders more stridently is because he's motivated by some kind of hatred or some kind of grievance.

You know, the left respects the dignity of migrants. The right is motivated by hatred. I think far too many people, obviously that's not my view, but I think some liberal immigration advocates get locked in that view that the only reason why J.D. Vance wants to enforce the borders more stridently is because he's motivated by some kind of hatred or some kind of grievance.

And the point that I've tried to make is I think a lot about this question of social cohesion in the United States. I think about how do we form the kind of society, again, where people can raise families, where people join in institutions together, where what I think Burke would have called the mediating layers of society are actually healthy and vibrant.