Vance meets with Pope Francis on Easter day after ‘exchange of opinions’ with Vatican

Published April 20, 2025 9:51am ET



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.

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