And it’s the Pope, no less!

Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a “moral imperative” that ‌people have access to the health services they need.
Previous popes have called for countries to offer universal healthcare, but calling ​an issue a “moral imperative” is an unusually strong ​term for a pope to use, indicating that ⁠something is required by Catholic teaching.

Wow. I do agree completely with that — universal healthcare is one of the basic things a government should provide for its people. Otherwise, what is the point of the government? We form a community to provide mutual aid and give us all better healthcare, better education, better defense, better food, clean water, clean air…I could go on.

Thank you, Pope Leo XIV, for wielding your religious influence for a good cause.

Now I’m worried, though. What is JD Vance, our Catholic vice-president, going to do? He’s already killed one pope, is he getting a death squad together to dispatch to the Vatican? I would also ask if our very Catholic Supreme Court is going to recognize their moral imperative now.