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JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’

By Richard Luscombe

Vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after the pope criticized the White House over the Iran war JD Vance has weighed into Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo, effectively telling the pontiff to stay in his lane after the head of the Catholic church criticized the White House over the Iran war. “It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on in the Catholic church and let the president of the United States stick to di...