As we’ve reported, Donald Trump and vice president JD Vance have been laying into Pope Leo. This is because the Pope made the case that the US and Israel’s war on Iran goes against the teachings of Christ – an argument which is demonstrably obvious to everyone.
Now, a heckler has targeted Vance during the middle of his latest rant against the Pope:
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JD Vance gets schooled
The above video begins with a heckler shouting:
You’re killing children.
You’re bombing children.
Because he’s a disgusting human being with no morality, Vance smirked at this. He later argues that the warmongering US is more righteous than the Pope on the topic of States’ latest illegal war:
There are certainly things that the Pope has said in the last few months that I disagree with. Let me just take one very concrete example related to this conflict in Iran.
So the Pope said something where he said, and I’m going to try to remember the exact quote, but he said that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword. God is never on the side of those who wield the sword.
I’m pretty sure that he said that exact statement.
For clarity, this is precisely what Pope Leo said:
God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.
He didn’t say it’s a sin for people to defend themselves; he said conflict is not blessed.
Back to Vance, he continued:
Now, on the one hand, again, I like that the Pope is an advocate for peace. I think that’s certainly one of his roles.
On the other hand… How can you say that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword?
Was God on the side of the Americans who liberated France from the Nazis? Was God on the side of the Americans who liberated Holocaust camps and liberated those innocent people from those who had survived the Holocaust?
I certainly think the answer is yes
In World War 2, it was the expansionist Nazis who started the war. Now, in 2026, the expansionist fascists running the US and Israel are dragging the world into another godforsaken conflict.
The reason Vance is going all the way back to the 1940s is because America itself has acted as the aggressor in the decades since.
In response to what Vance said, a heckler shouted:
Jesus Christ does not support genocide.
Vance said he agrees with this.
The problem is the US supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza, so clearly Vance and his government are not on the path of Christ.
Blessed be
Lest we forget, Pope Leo said that “God does not bless any conflict”. This is not the same thing as saying God condemns those who defend themselves.
Clearly there is an obvious difference between an action being justified and an action being blessed.
Raising the sword to attack Iran clearly wasn’t needed, and it certainly isn’t holy.
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By Willem Moore
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