The official Catholic teaching balances charity with common sense. JD Vance understands that; Pope Francis does not.
In 1571, Pope Pius V created the Holy League, organizing the Catholic states of Europe in a coalition to end Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean, and to protect Europe from Islamic invasion. The naval Battle of Lepanto that year resulted in the near-total destruction of the Ottoman fleet by the Christian forces, and bought Europe time. The final assault of the Ottoman Empire on Europe would come just over a century later, at the gates of Vienna, where the Europeans defeated the Turks for all time.
The point is this: the Catholic Church once had a pope who defended Western civilization. That was then. Now it has Pope Francis.
