What Is the ‘Ordo Amoris’? JD Vance’s Comments On Christian Love Spark Debate

What is the ‘ordo amoris’? JD Vance’s comments on Christian love spark debate

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2025. / Credit: REBECCA DROKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Vice President JD Vance in a Thursday interview invoked the ... [...]

Is JD Vance a ‘Godawful’ Christian? - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The editor-in-chief of Vox, Swati Sharma, recently unleashed a scathing critique of Vice President JD Vance, dismissing his “godawful reading of

What Is the ‘Ordo Amoris’? JD Vance’s Comments On Christian Love Spark Debate

Reecca Droke U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2025. Though you won’t find the terms in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Dominican Father Pius Pietrzyk said the concept is a well-established one.

JD Vance is obviously, and unremarkably, correct about the order of love

In a recent appearance on a TV news show, JD Vance articulated the “Christian concept that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then, after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world.” The comment caused immediate, harsh reaction from many in the Catholic commentariat, condemning Vance’s observation. Some have cast do…