From Cardinal to Controversy: The First American Pope Takes a Hard Left Turn on Sovereignty
VATICAN CITY — Just hours after becoming the first American pope in history, Pope Leo XIV is already under scrutiny—not for his theology, but for his progressive political positions, particularly regarding immigration and national sovereignty.
Formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, Leo XIV is being celebrated by legacy media as a centrist bridge-builder. But a closer look reveals a papal history of left-wing advocacy, including hostile attacks on U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance for defending the American border and promoting the ordo amoris—the theological concept that one must prioritize love for one’s nation and family before strangers.
Social Media History Tells a Different Story
A review of Leo XIV’s prior X (formerly Twitter) activity reveals clear patterns:
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Feb. 3, 2024: He shared a piece from the National Catholic Reporter bashing VP Vance titled, “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”
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Feb. 12, 2024: He promoted yet another article framing the defense of national sovereignty as “un-Christian.”
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Most recently, he retweeted a thread from liberal commentator Rocco Palmo, which condemned both President Trump and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele for deporting an undocumented Salvadoran man with gang ties.
This rhetoric puts Leo XIV squarely at odds with millions of Catholics, particularly in the United States and Latin America, who view uncontrolled immigration as a moral, legal, and national security crisis.
J.D. Vance Fires Back: “Compassion Requires Order”
Vice President J.D. Vance, long a proponent of immigration reform rooted in Christian realism, has frequently stated:
“We cannot be a nation without borders, and we cannot be a people without order.”
Vance argues that true love for one’s neighbor means first ensuring safety and stability for one’s own people—especially in an era of cartel trafficking, fentanyl floods, and unchecked illegal crossings.
Leo XIV’s past comments undermine that view, portraying border enforcement not as moral duty, but as moral failure—a philosophy that critics say dangerously conflates Christian compassion with political recklessness.
Is the Vatican Now a Globalist Megaphone?
Concerns are rapidly spreading that Leo XIV’s pontificate will mirror Pope Francis’s ideological bent—turning the Vatican further into a platform for progressive activism cloaked in spiritual language.
“We are witnessing the Vatican becoming a lobbying arm of globalist open-borders ideology,” said one conservative Catholic commentator. “The Church’s mission is salvation, not social engineering.”
At a time when Europe and America are both struggling under the weight of unvetted mass migration, many fear that Leo XIV’s moral authority will be used to shame nations into surrendering sovereignty.
Final Word: Papal Shift, Political Earthquake
The election of Pope Leo XIV is undeniably historic—but so too may be the fallout. For Catholics and non-Catholics alike who believe in ordered liberty, rule of law, and national self-preservation, this new papacy may signal a troubling shift from spiritual leadership to progressive political alignment.
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