{"id":1397,"date":"2025-08-19T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:00:39","slug":"new-pope-leo-xiv-has-long-opposed-jd-vance-and-trump-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"New Pope Leo XIV Has Long Opposed JD Vance and Trump on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, has made his stance on immigration very clear. He believes that everyone should be treated with kindness and care, regardless of their background or origin. This position has led to disagreements with some U.S. leaders, including Vice President JD Vance and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JD Vance\u2019s Words Clash with Church Teachings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in 2025, JD Vance gave a speech referencing the Latin phrase \u201cordo amoris,\u201d or \u201corder of love.\u201d He suggested that people should prioritize caring for their own families and fellow citizens before helping strangers, such as immigrants. Pope Leo XIV publicly disagreed with this viewpoint, emphasizing that love and compassion should have no boundaries. He supported the message of Pope Francis, who teaches that everyone deserves care and respect, no matter their nationality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criticism of Trump\u2019s Immigration Policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even before ascending to the papacy, Leo XIV spoke out against former President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration actions. He expressed concern over how migrants seeking safety or better opportunities were treated, advocating instead for a compassionate approach in line with Church teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through his statements and actions, Pope Leo XIV continues to emphasize the importance of universal love and the ethical responsibility to support those in need, regardless of borders or background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, has made his stance on immigration very clear. He believes that everyone should be treated with kindness and care, regardless&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}