Vance says Vatican should ‘stick to matters of morality’

The vice president of the United States has said that it would be “best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality” as tensions between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV continue to draw public attention.

Speaking in an interview on Fox News on April 13, JD Vance, a convert to Catholicism, acknowledged that disagreements between the Holy See and Washington were to be expected, but suggested a clearer distinction of roles.

“I certainly think that in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality,” he said. “To stick to matters of, you know, what’s going on in the Catholic Church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy.”