万斯 (J.D. Vance) 是天主教徒吗?



  • J.D. 万斯是天主教徒:2019 年 8 月,一位多明我会神父在辛辛那提的圣格特鲁德修道院为他施洗,他于当天领受了初领圣体。
  • 他幼年时并未受洗,抚养他长大的祖母虽然信仰耶稣,却对有组织宗教持怀疑态度。
  • 青少年时期,他曾加入父亲的五旬节派教会,但到了 2007 年,他已自称为无神论者。
  • 在 2020 年为 《The Lamp》 他写道,他开始认为天主教是他祖母那种基督教信仰最贴切的表达。
  • 他选择了奥古斯丁作为他的坚振圣名,而他身为印度教徒的妻子乌莎·万斯也支持他的皈依。
  • 他在 2025 年复活节主日(教皇去世前一天)见到了教皇方济各,并于 2025 年 5 月 19 日见到了教皇利奥十四世。

Yes. J.D. Vance, the vice president of the United States, became a Catholic in August 2019, when a Dominican priest baptized him in Cincinnati. He came by a long road. He grew up rarely going to church, spent part of his teens in his father’s Pentecostal congregation, and called himself an atheist in college. His grandmother runs through the whole story. Mamaw loved Billy Graham, loathed “organized religion,” and gave him a faith with no church around it. For years…

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