‘JD Vance is Wrong’: New Pope already tweeting about what an embarrassing fraud Vance is

The MAGA crowd thought they had cornered the market on “saying the quiet part loud,” but it turns out Pope Leo XIV might just have them beat.

America’s first pontiff has barely warmed the papal throne, and he’s already using his Twitter fingers to remind us that JD Vance‘s interpretation of Catholicism has about as much theological backing as Trump’s claim to being a “stable genius.”

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago ascended to become Pope Leo XIV yesterday, following the second ballot of the conclave assembled after Pope Francis’s ing. At 69, the multilingual American brings a communication style that feels distinctly more Windy City than Vatican whisper. Leo XIV’s linguistic arsenal is genuinely impressive – he’s fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, with reading knowledge of Latin and German. This polyglot prowess allows him to connect with Catholics worldwide.

Unlike his predecessors who approached social media with the cautious pace of a millennium-old institution, Leo XIV has maintained an active, if sporadic, Twitter presence since 2011. The most eyebrow-raising tweet came just months before his elevation, when he directly challenged JD Vance’s misrepresentation of “ordo amoris,” the Catholic concept of ordered love. While Vance tried to fashion this theological concept into a convenient immigration hierarchy that conveniently places foreigners at the bottom, the then-Cardinal Prevost wasn’t having it. “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others,” he wrote.

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019 (coincidentally around the time he began considering higher political ambitions), found himself in the crosshairs of both the previous pope and the current one. His Fox News performance, where he confidently mansplained centuries of Catholic teaching into a neat America-first package, demonstrated either a profound misunderstanding of his adopted faith or a calculated reimagining of it for political convenience.

The Vatican’s theological position has been consistent: Christian love doesn’t follow a nationalistic priority queue. Leo XIV’s predecessor had already addressed this misrepresentation in a pointed letter to American bishops, and the new pope’s amplification signals continuity rather than change in the Church’s position. A deeper dive into Leo XIV’s Twitter archive reveals a man whose social conscience extends far beyond correcting vice presidential theological flubs.

In 2020, during the George Floyd protests, he retweeted a bishop’s prayer for Floyd’s family and shared posts decrying systemic racism. He’s been a vocal advocate for climate change action, echoing Pope Francis’ call for humanity to repent for its destruction of the planet. And during the Covid-19 pandemic, he championed vaccines as an “act of love,” even as MAGA-world descended into anti-vax conspiracies.

So, why is all of this significant? Because it’s about more than just one pope or one politician. It’s about the soul of the Catholic Church—and, by extension, the moral com of millions of people around the world.