Pope Leo XIV on Trump policies

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00:00And you said there it was a surprise, but how can Pope Leo balance his national identity

00:06as a U.S. citizen with the universal nature of being the Pope?

00:12As you said, the U.S. is very political, and you didn't expect this.

00:17It's amazing how the politics of the United States is now intertwining with the Vatican.

00:23Pope Francis, his very last formal audience, was with Vice President J.D. Vance

00:28and with his family.

00:30And there was this back and forth between the Vice President of the United States and the Pope

00:34that began even just before the Pope fell sick.

00:38And it was amazing is that J.D. Vance actually quoted a Latin text that is from St. Augustine,

00:45who lived around the year 400.

00:48And the Pope engaged him also on his Latin text.

00:51And now we have an Augustinian father who is Pope, and he's an American,

00:55who has been criticizing the Vice President and has been challenging Trump's administration,

01:01especially with respect to their immigration policy.

01:05But what's interesting is there's also a lot of common convictions between the Trump administration

01:10and Pope Leo.

01:11These common convictions, for instance, have to do with his very clear condemnation of socialism

01:16and of communism, any form of collectivism, and also his condemnation of gender ideology,

01:23his defense of human life and his defense of the family.