He met real evil and decided death was a better option

[malaise]

Fuck you Vance and I’m an atheist

The Pope is dead

[Irish_Dem]

1. Coming face to face with pure evil the day before you die.

Might make you want to leave his damn planet.

[Mike 03]

2. It's rather sad that this one of his last meetings

That was one of the first thoughts I had after the news broke. I'm sure he would rather have been meeting with some homeless persons, or someone from whom he and the person could derive mutual benefit and inspiration--instead of such a vacuous void of stupidity and narcissism.

[malaise]

4. Given the place of Easter in that religion

The entire idea of that meeting was offensive and so typical of an ugly American vulgarian on steroids.

[Volaris]

24. Yeah, but says a lot about the man that his last official act as christs representative on Earth

was to basically be a dick to JDVance lol.
Like Jesus and the money-changers, sometimes the most honest thing you can do, is call a spade a spade.
Well played, Francis, well played. He will be missed.

[malaise]

25. Yes indeed

Rec

[chouchou]

3. Damn. Kinda' like Einstein talking to a cockroach.

Perhaps I should apologize to the roach...

[arthritisR_US]

5. The Pope never met with Vance.

[Tanuki]

7. He did, briefly, after the pope initially declined to meet.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/jd-vance-granted-lightning-audience-with-pope-francis-in-vatican

[BumRushDaShow]

12. It took a couple tries

But Satan got his messenger through to him -

Link to tweet

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Pope Francis met briefly with U.S. Vice President @JDVance on Easter Sunday. The private audience lasted a few minutes. They exchanged Easter greetings, and the pope gave Vance a Vatican tie, rosaries and a set of three large chocolate Easter eggs for his kids.
8:05 AM · Apr 20, 2025

[sop]

27. Another way of reporting this: JD Vance dragged Francis from his death bed just to get a selfie with the Pope.

Trump would have been furious had Vance been snubbed by the dying man, so JD whined and begged till the Pope relented.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Pope Francis did something

that is alien to the modern GOP. Confronting true evil and calling it out.

[malaise]

36. The absolute truth

The ugly American strikes again

[LiberalArkie]

6. I can see the picture of Vance in his circle of "friends" giving each other high fives "I killed the pope, I killed the

pope"

[malaise]

10. Well as it turnsout

His shakedown of India is now taking place with very little coverage

[LiberalArkie]

17. You know, with all that has been going on with our grand and glorious supreme leader, I miss George Carlin.

[malaise]

18. Ditto

[Escurumbele]

34. And Robin Williams

[LiberalArkie]

20. From Hindustan Times

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/jd-vance-s-meeting-with-pope-francis-before-his-death-sparks-conspiracy-theories-fumed-netizens-ask-what-did-you-do/ar-AA1DjhUw

[mwooldri]

8. What is it with these extreme right wingers?

Liz Truss met the Queen, she died
Shady Vance meets the Pope, he died.

Please, don't let Dolly Parton get close to the Trumpster.

[malaise]

14. Profound

Now what would be perfect is if his I need to be seen 24/7 shows up for the funeral and croaks during the service.

[gab13by13]

15. Would be more dramatic if the sage brush atop his head caught on fire

during the service.

[malaise]

19. Too good

Rec

[SergeStorms]

44. Or did they kill them?

Some people say that these right-wing nut jobs are killing world leaders to usher in the new, fascist, right-wing order.

Some people are saying that. 😉

[Javaman]

9. everything this administration touches, dies. nt

[Paladin]

11. I want Vance's visit linked to the Pope's death---repeatedly, and forever. (nt)

[malaise]

13. That is signed and sealed

Forever

[2naSalit]

16. Ditto...

I plan to make every effort to make it so!

[samnsara]

21. like the book says....

..everything trump touches, dies.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. I prefer to think that God gave him more time, just so he could face off with Vance.

[Fla Dem]

23. That was my thought as well. God, through the Pope, bestowed anti MAGA belief into Vance's thinking.

[Paladin]

26. A suitable exit, for a genuinely Godly man. (nt)

[malaise]

28. Adding this

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/jd-vances-meeting-with-pope-francis-before-his-death-sparks-conspiracy-theories-fumed-netizens-ask-what-did-you-do-101745227857692.html

Pope Francis did not meet US vice president JD officially in Rome; instead, Vance had a meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Vatican.

The pope, who recently recovered from pneumonia, also skipped the Good Friday service at St Peter’s Basilica attended by Vance, although he has returned to limited public engagements—including a surprise visit to a Roman prison on Holy Thursday.

Inside Vatican sources later told Sky News that Vance briefly greeted the pope at his residence, but no details were released. Vance officially, and the Vatican made no mention of any private meeting in its formal statements.

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Why didn’t the Pope meet Vance?

Tensions have been high since Vance accused the Church of using migrant advocacy for financial gain. In response, the pope called mass deportations a “disgrace” and reaffirmed the Church’s duty to love all, without exception.”

In January, Vance stirred controversy by citing the medieval Catholic idea of ordo amoris—a ranking of love that puts family and nation above outsiders—to justify the administration’s mass deportation plans.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. Hmm. So Vance never met with the Pope?

I thought I heard that a photo of the two was circulating around?

[malaise]

31. Yes he did n/t

[PhylliPretzel]

45. RE:

Vance briefly greeted the pope at his residence: My daughter said "So, it was a home invasion!"

[malaise]

46. Hug your daughter

😀

[IronLionZion]

29. Meeting Vance can be deadly

That shows the tremendous difference in the types of Catholics going from Biden to Vance.

[Dave Bowman]

32. He was in contact with one of the most toxic person in the world so that visit didn't help.

[spanone]

35. K&R

[malaise]

38. From NPR

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/g-s1-61589/the-pope-met-briefly-with-vice-president-vance-on-sunday

[Clouds Passing]

37. Death of good surrounds these notsee monsters.

[malaise]

41. Shady Vance will carry this one

to his grave

[edbermac]

39. ETTD, now we have EVTD

Way to go, dude!

[PJMcK]

40. Vance

What a fucking disgrace.

The Pope was unimportant to me since I, too, am an atheist. His church has plenty to atone for. His successor will probably be worse.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. The internet is having fun at Vance being the cause of the Pope's death

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[malaise]

43. Too good

This is his tattoo to the grave and beyond.
How fitting

[Martin68]

47. "decided death was a better option." That is an insult to a man who chose to do good until he died, and chose to

confront the most evil force in today's world as his last act in this life. I'm an agnostic, but to suggest that the Pope chose death rather than life because there is evil in the world goes against everything he believed in. He deserves better than that.