JD Vance received at the Vatican, no meeting with the mentioned pope – Liberation
Two Catholics, two atmospheres. The first, spiritual leader of the more than 1.4 billion Catholics, militates for a more open and The reception of migrants. The second, very Catholic vice-president of the world’s leading power, wants to make his country a fortress conservative values.
JD Vance was received on Saturday at the Vatican without meeting – at least publicly – Pope Francis, still convalescent. He spoke with his number 2, the Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin, on the eve of Easter celebrations, the most important feast on the Christian calendar, and after being received in Rome by The far -right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Maintenance « cordial » tackled « The international situation, in particular in countries marked by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention paid to migrants, refugees, prisoners », said the Vatican in a press release.
Will the American vice-president eventually meet Pope Francis? The two men that deep ideological fractures separate could cross on Sunday on the sidelines of Easter Mass Place Saint-Pierre, even if nothing has been announced so far. Weakened After a serious pneumonia And despite his convalescence, the pope had received King Charles III in early April and appeared several times in public in recent days.
In February, François had attracted the wrath of the White House by condemning, in a letter to the American bishops, the massive expulsions of migrants wanted by Donald Trump, described as « Major crisis ». « What is built on the foundation of force, and not on the truth of the equal dignity of any human being, starts badly and will end badly », Had he warned.
In 2024, the sovereign pontiff had already made a rare foray into the American electoral campaign by calling « madness » Attitudes hostile to migrants and by criticizing the right -wing American Catholic personalities for their too conservative positions. And in January, a few days before the billionaire’s nomination as president of the United States, the Pope had made a symbolic gesture by appointing at the head of the archdiocese of Washington Robert McElroya cardinal opposed to the Trump’s political program.
Fervent Catholic, converted at 35, JD Vance is close to the conservative fringe of the American Church, very critical of the Argentinian Pope for his positions on migrants, LGBT + faithful or certain questions of social justice. Arrived Friday in Rome for the Pascal weekend, Vance went after meeting Meloni at the Saint-Pierre Basilica, accompanied by his wife Usha and their three children, to attend the Office du Friday, Good Friday.
Update at 4:05 p.m. At the end of the meeting
