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Repeated attacks on the pope by the chief patron of the most prominent Catholic in US politics. At Aspen (30 June 2026) Thiel said Leo was "working for the Chinese Communists" (CNN); in Nashville (Sept–Oct) he called the AI encyclical a distraction from abuse scandals (Fortune) [V]. Letters from Leo (opinion) counts four attacks and notes Vance "has yet to be asked about it" (Letters from Leo). DOCUMENTED remarks; no Vance response found [U].