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It’s always prevented when you feel smoked to have a social specty over the nature of Christian love, and after the literal pope comes and tells you that you are wrong.

That was the fate of donald trump number two last week – no, not elon moss, but vice president jd vance. Tone of the Europeanism in Cululisism in 2019, who chose as his mastronary was Agustomed, at the demand Peters being, on the idea of ​​the idea of ​​the one century.

A clip had circulated of vance defending the “America’s” America “policies. “As a… Your compassion belongs to your compassities first to your companions,,” said Hannity of Fox news. “There is this old school – and I believe it is very Christian – concept.. This loves your family, and then you love your community, and then love your component, and even love your complication , and then clients in your country, and later and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority and priority . “.” “

Rory Stewart, the British-turn politic-Dadrist-dadastertook issued with the “bizarre” of Vance “, the description of x As “less Christian and more they pay pagan”, and suggested theologies “to which vance to do a-male of the iqe of Stewart):” Just Google “Amoris” . I am . I am . I am . I am The idea that there is no hierarch of the obligations violates the basic common sense. Rory really thought his moral duties to their children are the same as their duties in a foreigner who live thousands of miles away? Did anyone? ‘

Found this very interesting question, in terms of not only doctrin Christian but Secured ethics more widely. I am I also think that isn’t bad that a politician might take the teological or moral questions so seriously. But this is for pernesses that vanza is understood the nature of the correct love.

It was clear that the pope Francis has taken in the debate when posted A letter to Americans Americans last Monday. “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that have little for a little alleye to other people and groups” wrote. “The real the order of love that has to be promoted is that we have constantly meditely in the ‘good Samaritan’ parable… ie, medgelling the love that builds an open fraternity to all, without exception. “

Is perhaps a brand of respects that varies to 2020 among political figure, he / she is engaged in no wisechat (the border of the border Tom Homman, who said to a TV camera that “Papa (sic) repair Catholic Church”). But, at the risk of sembris impudent, I am not sure that pontiff He really grapped with the naked of what you Vance was angry; and neither stewart.

We can all think of people who have to get you more able to show compassion to those who live thousands of miles – that are easy to the people who are closest to the right house. Is fair of vanicing to criticizing this impulse. And while all is very good at the pope to talk to “A fraternity open my”, it is also security, morally firm and take your own family more than to make a random stranger. Like the philosopher Bernard Williams wroteThe man who will think of it is to save a stranger oa wife – when two were peril but only can save – has “one thought too.”

But what is the matter when a need for a stranger is greater than your family member? This is where you varion do not appear as soon as you looked at the boss around David Fergusson, Regus Division Able to Cambridge University. While Tham Hamas Aquinas, who frightened to the idea of ​​the Augustine of the the order of love I suggest that we oblige them to those near we, it’s not the case we should always priority. “Obligations can be obliged when someone farther is more needed,” Fergousson tells me. “The requirement can be the vicinity of rule.”

Have the policies that express interest in Christian Teenology cannot be a bad thing. What is more percouvenue is when they try to use religion as some guy of intellectual or moral, especially, especially. Aquinia’s Cup of Aquinia is sinessine of the surface and pseudo-intellectualism of a lot of the maga. Vance, clearly, it’s a smart man. But is less burning bright than you believe to be? Well. . I am . I am is the pope a catholic?

Jemima.Kelly@ft.com