After Vice President JD Vance met with the pope on Easter Sunday, he posted condolences on X after learning of Francis’ death. The College of Cardinals will meet to select a new pope.

Vance's visit was not without political sensitivities, and he met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Saturday for what the Vatican described as "an exchange of opinions." The Catholic Church ...

Vance met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and with Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, April 19 in the Apostolic Palace. A Vatican statement said ...

Vice President JD Vance's Rome visit saw him meeting Cardinal Parolin, discussing war, humanitarian crises, and Church-state cooperation, notably migrants, refugees, and prisoners. Only a brief ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican on April 19, 2025. They discussed peace, religious freedom and migration. (photo ...

Vance, a Catholic convert, met with the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, in the Apostolic Palace. There was no indication he met ...

Vance, who is a convert to Catholicism, will meet with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his time in Rome, according to the release.