Catholic Bishops Deliver Brutal Slap-Down to Convert Vance

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America’s top Catholic bishops have slammed Vice President JD Vance’s attempt to lecture Pope Leo XIV on the religion he converted to six years ago.

Bishop James Massa, 65, issued a https://www.usccb.org/news/2026/us-bishops-chairman-doctrine-issues-clarification-just-war-theory?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_term=" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.usccb.org/news/2026/us-bishops-chairman-doctrine-issues-clarification-just-war-theory?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_term=">statement on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine on Wednesday after Vance, 41, https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-convert-jd-vance-mansplains-theology-to-the-pope/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-convert-jd-vance-mansplains-theology-to-the-pope/">tried to school the pope on what defines just war theory during a Turning Point USA event the day before.

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