U.S. Vice-President JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 at the Vatican / Screenshot / Vatican Media
CNA Newsroom, Apr 20, 2025 / 07:26 am (CNA).
PopeFrancismetbrieflywithU.S.VicePresidentJ.D.VanceonEasterSundaymorningattheCasaSantaMarta,theVaticanconfirmed.
AccordingtotheHolySeePressOffice,theprivateaudiencetookplaceatapproximately11:30a.m.andlastedonlyafewminutes.ThepopeandthevicepresidentexchangedEastergreetingsandspokebrieflyinEnglish.
VancethankedtheHolyFatherforreceivinghimandnoted,“It’sgoodtoseeyouinbetterhealth.”PopeFrancisrespondedwarmly.Bothwishedeachother‘’HappyEaster.”
Duringtheencounter,thepopepresentedVancewithseveralgifts:aVaticantie,aredrosaryforhim,whiterosariesforhischildren,andasetofthreelargechocolateEastereggs.Aseparatewhiterosarywasdesignatedforhiswife.
Vancereplied,“Thankyou.It’sbeautiful.”
PopeFrancismetbrieflywithU.S.VicePresident@JDVanceonEasterSunday.Theprivateaudiencelastedafewminutes.TheyexchangedEastergreetings,andthepopegaveVanceaVaticantie,ro
