White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Vance passed a long a letter to the pope from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump “extending their warm wishes and inviting him to the White House as soon as he possibly can” visit.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was received by Pope Leo XIV in a private audience on Monday afternoon.

On Monday, Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he gifted the Chicago-born pope a custom Bears jersey, according to CBS News. It included his name (Pope Leo) and number (naturally, XIV). “Good choice,” he told Vance when he received the jersey.

The talks took place as some on the American Right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.

"There was an exchange of views on some current international issues," between Vance and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.

Jason Kelce might be retired from the NFL, but he certainly knows how to keep himself busy. Just a year after his 13-year NFL career came to a close, Kelce is co-host of the New Heights podcast with brother, Travis, host of his own show The Call it Late Night with Jason Kelce on ESPN and ...

May 19 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday. Vance and Rubio held a private audience with Leo before they joined in talks with him and the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.

Whitey Rigsby had just landed in Chicago to attend a Villanova function and was still on the plane when his wife, Becky, called after the white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. The pope wasn’t just an American,