April 20, 2025 – Donald Trump presidency information

Pope Francis briefly met with Vice President JD Vance right now earlier than giving the standard Easter blessing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, which marked his highest-profile look but since being discharged from hospital.

The Pope had a short non-public assembly with Vance, a religious Catholic, which “offered a possibility to change Easter greetings,” in line with the Vatican.

The pope gifted the vp a tie, rosaries and three chocolate Easter eggs for Vance’s three youngsters, video launched by EWTN TV, a Catholic tv community, confirmed.

“So good to see you … You’ve not been feeling nice, however it’s good to see you in higher well being,” the vp may be heard saying to the Pope throughout their assembly. “I pray for you day by day.”

A press release from the vp’s workplace later expressed gratitude “for the hospitality the Vatican has prolonged to his household.”

Latest tensions: At present’s assembly adopted discussions between the vp and senior Vatican officers yesterday, throughout which an “change of opinions” occurred regarding migrants, refugees and prisoners, in line with a Vatican assertion.

The vp’s workplace described the assembly with Cardinal Pietro Parolin as having centered on “their shared spiritual religion, Catholicism in america, the plight of persecuted Christian communities world wide, and President Trump’s dedication to restoring world peace.”

Simply earlier than he was hospitalized in mid-February, Francis issued a rebuke of the Trump administration’s immigration coverage and refuted the vp’s use of a theological idea, the “ordo amoris” (“order of affection” or “order of charity”), to defend the administration’s strategy.

And after Catholic bishops criticized the Trump administration’s actions earlier this yr, Vance recommended they had been motivated by their “backside line,” because the Catholic Church receives authorities cash to assist resettle immigrants.

Parolin instructed the Italian newspaper La Repubblica forward of yesterday’s talks with Vance that the Trump administration is “very totally different from what we’re used to and, particularly within the West, from what now we have relied on for a few years.”

This publish has been up to date with extra particulars on the assembly.