Letter

In response to Pope Francis dies at 88 after final appeal for Gaza ceasefire

Vance’s mental mindloops

One can only wonder at J.D. Vance’s mental mindloops in arranging an audience with the late Pope Francis. He seems unaware of the monstrous behaviour of his regime in consigning his fellow human beings to CECOT (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo or Terrorism Confinement Centre) in El Salvador, a country named, ironically, after Jesus

Among the prisoners deported (with Protestant US politician Kristi Noem in front of them, seemingly approving their incarceration without trial), were many of his fellow Roman Catholics. Pope Francis also, like so many of us including the US Conference of [Catholic] Bishops, cared deeply about Gaza, yet the US regime under Donald Trump and Vance continues the Biden policy of actively supporting the wholesale murder of Palestinians.

Will there be a “road to Damascus” moment for J.D.?

— Geoff Taylor from Perth