Vance, Echoing Pope Leo’s Encyclical, Says Decisions About Life and Death ‘Must Be Made by Humans, Not Machines’
The vice president told Air Force Academy graduates to ‘use technology to make you better, but never submit to it.’
The vice president told Air Force Academy graduates to ‘use technology to make you better, but never submit to it.’
‘The thing about morality is that the principles never change, but the way you apply those principles does, because the world changes, right?’ Vance told NBC News.
ANALYSIS: Vance’s engagement with Pope Leo highlights a challenge that the vice president faces as a Catholic politician — especially one attempting to make his faith a centerpiece of his political aspirations.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, have taken issue with the Pope’s Gospel teaching on peace.
The high-level face-to-face talks in Pakistan followed weeks of military confrontation that began in late February and produced a tenuous two-week ceasefire, which ends April 22.
'I’m glad I found my way back to the Church. I learned much along the way. But if you believe as I do, you know I’ve been fortunate and touched by God’s grace,' Vance said.
A top U.S. cardinal had earlier claimed that the country’s vice president had apologized for his strong rhetoric regarding the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
ANALYSIS: In his speech, the vice president said he ‘heard’ pro-lifers, but sidestepped the movement’s top policy priority: curbing the spread of the abortion pill.
‘Let me just say, my friends, that we have to be clear: We cannot be neutral. Our country cannot be indifferent about whether its next generations live or die.’
The Catholic vice president will address the march on Friday.
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