Vance greets Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City
by Alex Gangitano - 05/18/25 7:53 AM ET

Vice President Vance and second lady Usha Vance met Pope Leo XIV while in Vatican City for the pontiff’s inauguration mass on Sunday.
Before exiting St. Peter’s Square, the vice president and second lady greeted Pope Leo XIV, a spokesperson for the vice president said.
Vance and the first American pope shook hands and appeared to briefly talk for several seconds. The second lady stood with Vance, wearing a black lace veil.
Vance led the U.S. delegation to the inauguration mass, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Rubio. Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019 and met with Pope Francis last month just before he died.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the mass and greeted the pope after. The pope recently offered to host leaders from Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican to broker a peace deal in their ongoing war.
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