The US vice-president’s brief audience with the late pontiff came despite deep disagreements in recent monthsNot long before what would turn out to be his final public appearance, a blessing of the crowds who had gathered for Easter Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square and an unexpected popemobile tour of the piazza, Pope Francis received a devout if perhaps unlikely visitor.Among the last people to see and speak to the pontiff in the hours before his death early on Monday morning was the US vice-president, JD Vance, a zealous, albeit comparatively recent, convert to Roman Catholicism. Continue reading…
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Author : Sam Jones
Publish date : 2025-04-21 12:47:00
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JD Vance among last visitors to Pope Francis after series of public fallouts
