Articles tagged ordo amoris

Pope Francis has sparked controversy by criticizing Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies, as well as comments made by Vice President J.D. Vance on the ordo amoris, the natural order of love and justice. Vance argued that individuals have a primary duty to care for their own families and communities before extending charity to others, a principle rooted in Catholic social teaching and upheld by figures like St. Paul and St. Thomas Aquinas. Francis rejected this idea, instead using the parable of the Good Samaritan to justify mass migration, a move critics argue distorts the true meaning of the Gospel. […]