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June 16, 2026
JD Vance Critiques Vatican's Approach to Migration in New Memoir
- Vice President JD Vance criticizes the Vatican's moral stance on migration in his memoir, 'Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.'
- Vance describes a meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin as unsettling, noting a lack of specific criticism towards U.S. immigration policies.
- He expresses disappointment that the Vatican avoided controversial statements, opting for vague platitudes instead.
2 Sources
- Vance gives Catholic converts a bigger stageJun 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM · Axios
- Catholic JD Vance launches fresh attack on Vatican’s ‘trite platitudes’ in new bookJun 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM · Independent