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According to a news report, US vice -president JD Vance met Pope Francis on Saturday (April 19), which cited sources.
According to Sky News, the Pope’s residence in the Vatican City, Casa Santa Marta held a “quick and private” meeting.
The meeting was against the background of increasing tension between the Vatican and the Trump administration, which for its hardcore stance on immigration and recently cut international support programs.
No official readouts or pictures of the meeting were released, and Vatican has not released a public statement on the discussion. The Pope, who is recovering from a severe bout of double pneumonia, has significantly reduced its public busyness in recent weeks.
Pope Francis has vocal in its criticism of large -scale exile and has consistently advocated migrant rights and expanded human support.
Pope’s rebuke on migrants and death sentence
Francis, supported by Trump and his colleagues, has long opposed capital punishment. In February, just before his hospitalization, Francis exploded large -scale exile plans, warning that they snatch migrants of dignity.
While Vance has defended the policies of the Trump administration, he recently accepted the Pope’s moral leadership, referring to himself as “baby catholic”, who is still learning trust.
Vines, which converted to Catholicism in 2019, is currently visiting Rome with his family in the Easter weekend. On the same day, he also met with the Holy Secretary for relations with the Vatican’s number two, Cardinal Pitro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Galagher, states.
In a statement after those meetings, the Vatican stated that the talks were “cordial”, but accepted the “exchange of opinion” on many sensitive issues including international conflicts, migrants and prisoners.
Paying “especially meditation” was given to migrants, refugees and prisoners, “the statement was written, leaving the administration’s migrant perfect and approach to foreign policy.
A Roman holiday with family
Vance, who is spending the Easter weekend in Rome with his family, visited Systin Chapel and visited Rome’s botanical garden.
Where the Vance family will participate in the Easter month, it remains unclear. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis that St. Peter Square intends to celebrate Easter Mass in health permission.
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