An hour before the ‘Urbi et Orbi’, the Pope has received at Casa Santa Marta the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, which these days is celebrating Holy Week in Rome and that on Saturday he already met with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
In a “cordial” encounter, “the international situation, in particular in the countries marked by war, the difficult humanitarian political tensions, with special attention to migrants, refugees and prisoners,” according to the statement of the Holy See. Although JD Vance is Catholic, he became 35 years old, Trump’s relations relations with the Vatican do not go through his best time since the letter in which the Pope condemned the massive expulsions of emigrants.
The US president included in the agenda of his trip to Rome the participation to the ceremony last Good Friday in the Vatican and on Saturday he held an official meeting with number two of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, although he was very interested in approaching the Basilica with the hope of personally greeting the Pope despite his delicate state of health.
Finally the meeting took place during the morning of This Sunday “shortly before 11.30 am” In the residence of Santa Marta, where the Pontiff lives, “to exchange Easter greetings.”
This meeting takes place only two months after Francisco harshly criticized the immigration policy of the Donald Trump government, including the mass deportation plans of the United States immigrants and the generalized cuts to foreign aid and the national social assistance programs.
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