Pope Leo XIV, a U.S. citizen who as a cardinal criticised the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies, met at the Vatican on Monday with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult.

Trump, however, was not among the world leaders and royalty in attendance at Pope Leo’s inaugural mass in Vatican City today. Instead, Vice President JD Vance attended. (Notably

Pope Leo XIV took a subtle dig at the Trump administration during his first homily as the Catholic Church’s new leader—with JD Vance in attendance. “In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred,