Pope Francis appears to have called out Vice President J.D. Vance and his use of the Catholic term “ordo amoris,” as the debate over illegal immigration and the Vatican’s criticism of the Trump administration wages on, The Catholic New Agency reported.

In a January post on X, Vance, a Catholic, shared a post by British academic Rory Stewart, who said the vice president had a “bizarre take” on scripture.

“Just google ‘ordo amoris.’ Aside from that, the idea that there isn’t a hierarchy of obligations violates basic common sense,” Vance wrote. “Does Rory really think his moral duties to his own children are the same as his duties to a stranger who lives thousands of miles away? Does anyone?”

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