Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday morning, a day after speaking with the Vatican’s second-highest official.
The brief meeting was described as a “opportunity to exchange Easter greetings” by Vatican News. The gathering come after Francis and the White House indirectly exchanged words in recent months over President Donald Trump‘s immigration policies.
Pope Francis receives U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, before bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. At center the head of the papal houshold Bishop Leonardo Sapienza. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)
On Saturday,
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