Posted: Feb. 4, 2025
In December, over 16,000 Faithful America members urged the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to follow Catholic social teachings and to stand up to Trump on immigration.
Ahead of Trump's inauguration, the Catholic Church did exactly that. Hours before Trump took the oath of office while refusing to touch a Bible, Pope Francis called Trump’s potential immigration policies a "disgrace." The USCCB issued guidelines and encouraged lawmakers to make immigration policy "targeted, proportional, and humane." Soon, faith leadership from all over denounced Trump's disgraceful immigration policies.
In response to these courageous, prophetic voices, Vice President J.D. Vance disputed the very definition of Christian love in order to serve his anti-immigrant, Christofascist agenda. Speaking with CBS and Fox News, Vance attacked the Catholic Church for "not being a good partner" on immigration. Then he wrongly claimed that Christians should rank our love for others in a way that deprioritizes non-Americans:
"You love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens... and then, after that, you can focus on and prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far left has completely inverted that."
This is a deliberate distortion of the Gospel and an attempt to discredit those of us who advocate for welcoming immigrants because of our Christian faith. We must stand together with church leadership and proclaim that Christ's love is for all people no matter where they come from.
Sign now and tell J.D. Vance that Jesus calls all of us, including him, to welcome the stranger:
Sign the petition:
Love thy neighbor.