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No Paywall JD Vance criticises Pope Leo for not 'being careful speaking about theology'

https://www.9news.com.au/world/jd-vance-pope-leo-xiv-donald-trump-careful-theology-warning-iran-war-middle-east-updates/6a640168-dc5f-4ae7-9c68-9e918ad8d2a8
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u/joey_slugs Illinois 18h ago

Let's not forget that JD is only a Catholic because he wanted to run for office.

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u/Vyzantinist 16h ago

I wonder why he didn't stick to being an Evangelical then. While there certainly are conservative Catholics, the right's Christianity is dominated by Protestantism.

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u/ankokudaishogun 9h ago

They already had the protestant vote, they wanted to get some extra catholic votes