While on a trip to Italy last week with his family, the vice president was one of the last officials to meet with Pope Francis. Vance, who is Catholic, had formal talks with the Vatican’s secretary of state and then had an informal meeting with Francis on Easter Sunday.

Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis on Sunday morning in a brief private meeting. It followed a summit with Vatican officials on Saturday—but not the pope himself until now—which had prompted some to suggest the vice president had been "snubbed" by the head of the Catholic Church.