{"id":1517,"date":"2026-06-15T23:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:14:26","slug":"pope-crushes-jd-vance-in-catholic-popularity-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Pope Crushes JD Vance in Catholic Popularity Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV is far more popular among Catholics than U.S. Vice President JD Vance, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1515\">Everyone Who Turned Up for Trump\u2019s Tacky 80th Party Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance, who is set to release a new memoir this week about his conversion to Catholicism, has a net favorability of -12 points among Catholics, according to the latest Navigator poll, conducted June 4-8.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>That is compared to Pope Leo\u2019s +57 net favorability rating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the vice president\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019 at age 35 after being raised in a Protestant household and going through what he has described as an \u201cangry atheist phase\u201d as a student, before returning to his Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>He details his conversion in his new 304-page memoir <i>Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith<\/i>, which drew attention for featuring a Methodist church on its front cover despite being a book about Catholicism.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a relatively new Catholic, the vice president has, in the past, taken it upon himself to school the pope on Catholic theology after the Pontiff publicly criticized the Trump administration on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology\u201a\u201d the vice president said at a Turning Point USA event in Georgia in April.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo, who is originally from Chicago, has clashed with Trump over his invasion of Venezuela, the administration\u2019s treatment of immigrants, and the war in Iran, which he condemned as \u201ca war which many people have said is unjust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod does not bless any conflict,\u201d the Pontiff wrote on X in April. \u201cAnyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance tried to prove the pope, who holds a degree in theology from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, wrong in his remarks in April.<\/p>\n<p>Vance invoked just war theory, citing WWII and arguing that God can be \u201con the side of those who wield the sword.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1513\">Fox News Host Thirsts Over Trump, 80, for Performing Basic Function<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a thousand-year, more than a thousand-year tradition of just war theory, OK?\u201d Vance told the pope, who once led the order founded by the theologian St. Augustine of Hippo, who developed the just war theory.<\/p>\n<p>The just war theory holds that violence may be justified only under strict conditions, such as self-defense against unjust aggression.<\/p>\n<p>But despite his differences with the pope, Vance has maintained that open discussion is important for seeking truth and understanding God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s totally reasonable, and actually a good thing, even when I disagree. Like, I\u2019ve disagreed a lot with what the pope has said about our immigration policy, for example. But I think it\u2019s a good thing for Christian leaders to say what they think about the moral issues of the day. \u2018Cause I\u2019m a big believer that the way that we ultimately find God, the way that we ultimately find truth, is to discuss some of these important issues with one another,\u201d he told CBS.<\/p>\n<p>But Vance\u2019s boss, Trump, has had a more hostile approach to his disagreements with the pope, with Trump falsely claiming Pope Leo said Iran can have a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Pope Leo ever suggesting Iran should be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to criticism from Trump, Leo said he won\u2019t be silenced and will continue to oppose the war with Iran, a conflict he said was driven by a \u201cdelusion of omnipotence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have no fear of the Trump administration, or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do,\u201d Leo said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1511\">Reality Star Slammed for Pushing Trump to Run Britain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV is far more popular among Catholics than U.S. Vice President JD Vance, according to a new poll. Read more Everyone Who Turned Up for Trump\u2019s Tacky 80th Party Exposed Vance, who is set to release a new memoir this week about his conversion to Catholicism, has a net favorability of -12 points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trumpland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pope Crushes JD Vance in Catholic Popularity Battle - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1517\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Crushes JD Vance in Catholic Popularity Battle - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Leo XIV is far more popular among Catholics than U.S. Vice President JD Vance, according to a new poll. 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