Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion
Vice President JD Vance flew to Rome hoping to meet with Pope Francis. Instead, the Pope skipped the meeting entirely—and sent his top cardinal to deliver a pointed message about compassion and care for the vulnerable.
Vance was greeted not by the pontiff, but by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State. In a statement, the Vatican said the meeting covered global conflicts, political unrest, and “difficult humanitarian situations,” with a clear focus on “migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”
The conversation sounded more like a lecture than a diplomatic exchange. And the Pope’s absence was hard to ignore.
While Sky News reported that Vance had a brief, private encounter with the Pope at his residence, there were no details, no photos, and no official mention. The real meeting—the one on the schedule—never happened.
The message? Clear enough: the Pope isn’t backing down from his public criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Francis has repeatedly condemned mass deportations, calling them a “disgrace” and a “grave sin.” Vance, a Catholic convert and the highest-ranking Catholic in the U.S. government, has been one of the policy’s loudest defenders.
In February, without naming names, the Pope directly refuted a Catholic concept Vance had twisted to justify deportations. Vance had cited ordo amoris—the “order of love”—to argue that Americans should come first.
Francis responded: “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.”
Vance, acknowledging the rebuke, called himself a “baby Catholic” and admitted, “there are things about the faith that I don’t know.”
The friction doesn’t stop in Rome. In January, Vance accused the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops of using migrant resettlement as a cash grab. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan didn’t hold back, calling Vance’s claims “scurrilous,” “nasty,” and “not true.”
U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican. (Photo: The Vatican)
The Pope, now 88 and recently hospitalized for pneumonia, has resumed public duties. He met King Charles and Queen Camilla just days before Vance’s visit, showing that his schedule isn’t exactly empty.
Vance, in Rome for Easter weekend after meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, attended the Vatican’s Good Friday service with his wife, Usha, Politico reported. But the highlight of his trip—the expected meeting with the Pope—was quietly erased.
No photo op. No public blessing. Just a cold shoulder—and a firm reminder from the Vatican about who the Catholic Church stands with.
36 comments
Hope he said thank you
Pope Francis basically saying “Fuck off, asshole.”
> Top Cardinal
He’ll probably get death threats from the maga christians like Bishop Mariann Budde did.
Vance is as Catholic as a Dreidel.
this makes my heart sing. the pope calling out the maga faux christians for easter would be spectacular
How scummy do you have to be for Catholic Church to blow you off?
James Bowman level scummy apparently. I find this hilarious
Whoa
How much of a piece of shit does someone have to be to get ghosted by the Pope, of all people?
I know this Pope can’t win with anybody… too liberal for the religious, too religious for liberals… but he seems ok.
Well done Pope Francis. Hope the so-called devout catholic got the message.
That’s hilarious.
There is a snub I fully support.
Excellent
That is very fitting.
Dissed by the Pope. The Pope! That’s gotta sting.
Did he even say thank you?
>”Ha, ha!”
-Nelson Muntz
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.
The Pope realy should excommunicate Vance.
The pope didn’t ghost him he just knows a lost cause when he sees one.
THIS is why I love Pope Francis
Vance is a little late, the pope he should have met with is here – [https://allthatsinteresting.com/pope-alexander-vi](https://allthatsinteresting.com/pope-alexander-vi) Perfect for the Republican dynasty.
Now he’s going to go on Fox News and say the Pope is a terrorist.
Fox News headlined “WOKE POPE”
Sent a Cardinal? Too much respect to send one of the churches’ princelings. Should have been a Jesuit Monsignor.
Haha, No church for you!!
Pope said ‘I’m not mad, I’m just profoundly disappointed’
LMAO imagine being the party of God and religion and the pope doesn’t want anything to do with you.
I hope they didn’t appease Vance’s ego by saying the pope is too sickly to meet. Vance needs to transition to secularism or maybe atheism, which would align better with his actions
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Hahahahaha.
This is a beautiful FU.
JD Vance represents absolutely no aspect of the teachings of Christ and the tenants of modern Catholicism.
How sad in thinking that ordo amoris supports the de-humanization and degradation of fellow persons.
Just like the evangelical charlatans who twist the Bible to suit their hatred and greed.
He has completely sold his soul for the trappings of this MAGA cult.
💕💕💕💕 Papa!
Amen. 🙏 and a high five to the pope.
Did Vance thank the cardinal?
It’d be like talking to a brick wall. A brick wall with too much eye liner.
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