According to the Vatican, during the meeting there was an exchange of opinions on international topics and an appeal to respect for humanitarian law and solutions traded in conflict zones
Of course received this Monday (19) in the the vice president of JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a spokesman for the US government, a day after the inaugural mass of Robert Francis Predost’s pontificate. The Vatican published photographs of Vance and Rubio, both Catholics, smiling during the meeting with Leo XIV, the first Pope born in the United States, elected by the Cardinal College on May 8.
Vance also met with the secretary for relations with the states, Paul Richard Gallagher, according to the Vatican. “During the cordial conversations held at the Secretariat of State, the satisfaction of good bilateral relations was reiterated and the collaboration between church and state discussed, as well as some matters of special importance, related to ecclesiastical life and religious freedom,” the Vatican said in a statement.
“Finally, there was an exchange of opinions on some international matters today, appealing to respect for humanitarian and international legislation in areas of conflict and a solution negotiated between the parties involved,” added the Holy See. Vance and Rubio were among the 200,000 people who attended on Sunday to Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass, in St. Peter’s Square.
Before being elected Pope, Leo XIV, who also has Peruvian nationality, reposed in his account on the social network X comments critical to Donald Trump’s government for his migratory policy, and also criticized Vance. But Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, said on Sunday that the United States is “very proud” of PREVOST. “Certainly, our prayers are with him the moment he starts such an important job,” Vance said at a meeting with European Commission Chairman Ursula Von Der Leyen, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
*With information from AFP
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