01/12/2026
We need more Christians who have heard that we should "Welcome the stranger," "Only throw the first stone if we are without sin" and imitate the Good Samaritan.
BREAKING: The National Catholic Reporter shreds J.D. Vance for his smear attacks on ICE victim Renée Good in a blistering new opinion, stating that his "twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes" and is a "moral stain" on Catholicism.
Our fake Catholic vice president just got slapped around by a real believer...
"There is no evidence that Good was in any way involved in domestic terrorism. Video evidence seems to entirely contradict Trump's explanation of the situation. The ICE officer does not appear to have been injured and is seen casually walking away after the shooting," writes NCR's Digital Editor John Grosso in a piece entitled "Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good."
Grosso points out that while Vance rushed to "justify the shooting" and "blame Good for her own death" he has at "no point" expressed "any remorse, prayers or condolences regarding Good and her loved ones."
"Instead, Vance continued his storm of social media posts the morning after the shooting — this time leaning into divisive, tribalistic language to demonize Democrats," he adds.
Grosso then cites some of Vance's words directly, including his frankly vile claim that while a "tragedy," the shooting was the fault of Goode and those who criticize immigration enforcement.
"As a Catholic, Vance knows better than to peddle this brand of gaslighting and agitation. Vance knows that, by virtue of her humanity, Good was endowed with inherent dignity, made in the image and likeness of God," writes Grosso. "Vance knows that only God can take life. Vance knows that protesting, fleeing or even interfering in an ICE investigation (which there is no evidence that Good did) does not carry a death sentence. Vance knows that lying and killing are sins."
"Vance knows. He doesn't care. Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power."
"The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart."
Grosso's observation that Vance's supposed Catholic fake is little more than a "political prop" is spot on. Like so many so-called Christians who have embraced MAGA fascism, he sees faith not as something to be genuinely felt and lived out, but as an aesthetic flourish. Cynical opportunists like him love the self-righteousness that the "Christian" label affords them, but they abhor the actual teachings of Jesus Christ. They fetishize crusader armor, cruelty, and the might makes right ethos.
While it's impossible to know what Vance believes in his heart of hearts, he's not conducting himself like someone who believes that he will one day be judged by a just God.
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