Vance Faces Backlash for Forgetting Vatican Envoy

0:00It's April 9th. This is entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. Vice President J.D. Vance caught heat for not recognizing Cardinal Kristoff Pierre, the Vatican's top envoy to the United States during a press conference in Budapest. On April 8th, Vance, who calls himself a devout Catholic, blanked on the name at first, then emitted he'd met the guy but forgot. This happened while he was there, backing Hungary's Victor Orban. The question stemmed from a report claiming U.S. officials told the Cardinal the military could do whatever it wants, and even suggested the Pope's side, with them on tactics involving Iran and immigration. That piece highlighted tensions between the Trump team and the Vatican. Online folks roasted Vance hard, dubbing him a fake Catholic, and worse, was some calling for excommunication. Vance wondered how a high-ranking official and supposed faithful wouldn't know the Holy See's main rep in DC. Pentagon reps pushed back, saying the report twisted the meeting's tone.

1:04Meanwhile, Vance faces fresh mockery over his memoir cover, which shows a Methodist church instead of a Catholic one, despite his 2000, 19 conversion story. All this piles on past shade from Pope Francis in the new Pope Leo XIV over Vance's immigration views, leaving many questioning if his. Death is genuine or just political fuel.