4 days ago · Vance then criticized Catholic leaders during an interview with CBS News' “Face the Nation,” arguing that the church has “not been a good partner in common sense immigration enforcement.” Vice President JD Vance says he's "heartbroken" by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemning some of President Trump's executive orders ...

16 hours ago · Vance was questioning the sincerity and good faith of the bishops on one of the most visible parts of Catholic ministry: the care and defense of the vulnerable. Some Catholic stakeholders in Washington and beyond worry that by suggesting the church is benefitting financially from the resettlement program, Vance opens a door for bigots.

1 day ago · With his criticism of U.S. Catholic bishops for supporting immigrants, Vice President JD Vance has reignited years of GOP attacks on the Catholic Church as both sides navigate an issue that has ...

Jul 21, 2024 · Vance didn’t like the Catholic Church when he was a kid. Even before he started going to a Pentecostal church, Vance thought he knew certain things about Catholicism — which he didn’t like. “I...

Jan 20, 2025 · What religion is JD Vance? Vance was baptized Catholic and received his first communion in 2019 at St. Gertrude Priory, which is attached to a Dominican parish in Cincinnati, where Vance...

Nov 15, 2024 · The Ohio-born Vance rarely attended church as a child, noting the grandmother who chiefly raised him — while a believer in Jesus — “loathed ‘organized religion.'”

Aug 25, 2024 · From his new home in Cincinnati, JD Vance would go to St. Gertrude to meet the friar. It was a fitting place for the millennial aspiring politician, who was drawn to the Roman Catholic...

Jul 21, 2024 · Vance didn’t like the Catholic Church when he was a kid. Even before he started going to a Pentecostal church, Vance thought he knew certain things about Catholicism — which he didn’t like. “I...

Jul 17, 2024 · At 39 years old, Ohio Sen. James David “J.D.” Vance, Donald Trump’s newly announced running mate in the 2024 election, has a chance to become the United States’ second Catholic vice president....

Sep 4, 2024 · Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview. It also put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement known as postliberalism.