JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US

U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States. Vance also gave the Augustinian pope a copy of two of St. Augustine’s most seminal works, “The City of God” and “On Christian Doctrine” The Vatican, which was largely sidelined during the first three years of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has offered to host any peace talks while continuing humanitarian efforts to facilitate prisoner swaps and reunite Ukrainian children taken by Russia. Leo noted that Francis had chosen not to live in the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace and added, ‘And I may live in, but it’s not totally decided’ The Vatican listed Vance’S delegation as the first of several private audiences Leo was having Monday with people who had come to Rome for his inaugural Mass, including other Christian leaders and a group of faithful from his old diocese in Chiclayo, Peru. The two then also met with the Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.

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