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Pope Leo XIV connected Monday held a backstage gathering with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, according to the Holy See Press Office.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, were besides astatine the backstage meeting, according to Vatican News.
Vance, Rubio and their wives had attended the pope's inaugural wide connected Sunday.
POPE LEO SAYS FAMILY BASED ON ‘UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN,’ DEFENDS DIGNITY OF UNBORN
Pope Leo XIV talks to U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his woman Usha aft a Holy wide for the opening of his pontificate, successful St Peter's basilica successful The Vatican connected May 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
After the backstage assemblage with the archetypal American pope connected Monday, Vance met with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, the Holy See Press Office said.
Vance and Gallagher had "cordial" talks successful the Secretariat of State, wherever they reiterated bully bilateral relations betwixt the U.S. authorities and the Holy See.
POPE LEO XIV VOWS TO WORK FOR UNITY, PEACE DURING INAUGURAL MASS
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his woman Usha, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his woman Jeanette get to be a Holy Mass for the opening of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, successful St Peter's Square connected May 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The 2 besides discussed the collaboration betwixt the Church and the U.S. authorities arsenic good arsenic "some matters of peculiar relevance to ecclesial beingness and spiritual freedom."
"Finally, determination was an speech of views connected immoderate existent planetary issues, calling for respect for humanitarian instrumentality and planetary instrumentality successful areas of struggle and for a negotiated solution betwixt the parties involved," the Holy See Press Office said.
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