Vance and Francis have publicly disagreed in recent months on immigration policies and other aspects of church teaching, so an Easter Sunday meeting with the pope, in what proved to be the final hours of his life,

Pope Francis met with Vice President JD Vance on April 20, the day before he died. Here's what we know about the meeting and what was said.

JD Vance paid tribute to Pope Francis on Monday, hours after news broke that the pope had died at 88. The vice president of the United States was one of the last people to meet with Francis before his death,