Vice President JD Vance met with the Catholic Church's top diplomats at the Vatican on Saturday, in the shadow of Pope Francis' criticism of the Trump administration's deportation policy and Vance's theological defense of it. The tension was reflected in the official statements released after Vance met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the foreign minister, Politico reports. A White House recounted the agenda differently, saying that Vance and Parolin "discussed their shared religious faith, Catholicism in the United States, the plight of persecuted Christian communities around the world, and President Trump's commitment to restoring world peace."
Author: Bob Cronin
Published at: 2025-04-19 20:30:00
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