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Shortly before his death, Pope Francis received the Vice President of the United States. JD vance and his wife are considered believing Catholics and should not only have had personal interest in this meeting – after all, shaking hands with the Pope also has a symbolic character. But just 18 hours later the head of the church is dead. Of course, conspiracy theories are not long in coming. On social networks The posts are currently piling upwho see a connection to the meeting and death.
“Liz Truss killed the Queen. JD Vance killed the Pope. Can we stop with the fact that these people depend on the old people? By the way, excellent side eye on Pope Francis,” writes a user on X.
Wild claims
Whether out of conviction or fun: the wild rumor is now circulating online. By the way, the doctors of Pope Francis should have advised him not to meet people in the past few weeks. The danger that pathogens could weaken the battered 88-year-olds is too great. At the Pope’s request, however, encounters, including other believers, including children, had taken place.
JD vance was happy about meeting with Pope Francis
As a spokesman for the Vatican announced, the encounter of JD Vance and the Pope took place in the Santa Marta guest house, where the 88-year-old had moved out of the hospital after his release. The meeting took place around 11.30 a.m., but only “took a few minutes”, both of them only exchanged congratulations. Vance had already met with number two of the Catholic Church state, the Cardinal State Secretary Pietro Parolin on Saturday. In 2019, Vance was transferred to Catholic faith.
However, Francis was certainly not a fan of the politician. In February, the Pope again openly criticized Trump’s migration policy in a letter to the US bishops and convicted the discrimination against migrants and refugees. Only a short time later he contracted pneumonia and hovered in mortal danger. Also on Easter Sunday, the head of the Catholic Church was still drawn by its illness – he addressed only a few words to the audience on St. Peter’s Square and visibly weakened the blessing Urbi et orbi.