i thought his name was jance dance vance

*Bowman.

A bunch of Protestants think the Pope is the Antichrist, but apparently Vance identifies as Catholic, so yeah, he's defying God. Catholic doctrine also holds that the Pope is infallible when ruling on theology.

Catholics can disagree with the pope on secular matters, the problem here is that the pope is quoting the catechism almost verbatim, and convert-boy is throwing a tantrum because he joined the church based on aesthetics and not any kind of conviction.

The man converted to catholicism then within a few years was beefing with two popes in a row on basic catholicism.

The American Catholic leadership are hardcore conservative, with a few exceptions, and working at cross purposes with Christ's mission on earth.

Literally any Catholic who criticizes the Pope is a hypocrite because the Pope is meant to be God's representative/mouthpiece on Earth.

It’s not a church to these people. It’s a country club.

Right? Is he not treading excommunication territory with this shit?

Lay Catholics aren’t supposed to challenge the Pope like that. Even Cardinals wouldn’t get away with saying something so obnoxious.

INNNNN THIS CORNER, wearing all white and a skull cap, he's the Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome, the SUCCESSOR to the Price of the Apostles, iiiiiiiIIIITS POPE LEO THE FOURTEENTH!!

And in THIS CORNER, wearing a tailored suit and red tie, Couch fucker, white trash cosplayer and world's worst negotiator, John Dilbert Vaaaaaaance!

Sometimes I think that if there was an anti-Christ, they wouldn’t be aware that they were the anti-Christ. If that’s the case, JD Vance would be the perfect candidate.

I can respect debate but that’s not what happened here. This is a blasphemous tantrum. “I’m not wrong, God is.”

You don’t get to join a cult then bitch you aren’t in charge.

I think it's a plan to keep their names mentioned in media, free advertising of sorts...

Fake it till you make it.

I am with you. I don't believe in what the Pope stands for but also recognize that he is not only the head of state of a foreign government, but the mouthpiece of a significant part of human tradition. This really is like the "fake news" arguments from Trump's first campaign, i.e., "I don't agree with what they say so I will attack them personally."

Right? I really dislike the catholic church and am an atheist myself, but these morons make the pope look like a reasonable statesman by comparison.

Right! Get a hold of the new guy, here! 🤣

It's always the converts lmao

Wait what did I miss

Paid for by Peter Thiel.

What does "best" mean in a kakistocracy?

Best, in this case, means Peter Thiel's check cleared.

Also, I'm sure there weren't many candidates for the job, considering Trump tried to get the last guy killed.

That Nimrod is way smarter than Trump.

I dunno if this kind of shit works with the maga crowd, but given the other shit they lap up, the fact that it's obvious bollocks doesn't mean saying it is a bad idea.

World needs more Father Ted

He would declare himself new Pope of the True Catholic Church.

There's a precedent to that: for a short while, there were 1 Pope in France (actually some of them are now called anti-popes) and 1 Pope in Rome. That said, I'm not sure how many catholics would get on Vance's side…

... from a guy who just heard about calculus for the first time

And the person saying that is supposed to be bound by the First Amendment, crazy

It's way worse than that. Based on doctrine the Pope speaks for God so iIf he talks about theology what he said is correct 100% of the time in Catholicism. If you're not a Catholic his words mean shit all.

It's more like saying you better be careful about your pronunciation to the creator of the .gif format.