US EditionPope Leo Holds Private Audience with VP Vance, Secretary Rubio a Day After Inauguration Mass
- On Monday, May 19, 2025, a day following his Inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV met privately in Rome with Vice President JD Vance and the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
- This meeting followed Pope Leo's inauguration and came as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts amid the Ukraine-Russia conflict, with the Vatican offering to host peace talks.
- On Monday morning, the Holy See’s Dicastery for Communication shared images from the audience on social platforms, and later that day, Vance held a separate meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo, the first pope born in Chicago and the United States, committed to promoting unity with the goal of making the Catholic Church a symbol of global peace, while Vice President Vance led the American delegation paying tribute to him.
- The audience and related meetings indicate the Vatican's renewed active role in humanitarian efforts and diplomacy regarding Ukraine, following limited involvement in the initial years of the conflict.
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Kissing the ring, the first 100 days, and fake fiction
Pillar subscribers can listen to Ed read this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DRHappy Friday friends,Quite a few people seem to be annoyed with JD this morning.Vance, that is, not Flynn. Though I concede m’colleague’s miserablist take Tuesday on the term “popemobile” has generated some considerable and not entirely unwarranted feedback.Anyway, JD the VP has come up for some discussion about his recent audience with Pope Leo following the Mass of…
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Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. President JD Vance in the papal library. The two had a private encounter before they were joined by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May ... [...]
Somebody at KCRHA must have been high that day
Adventures in Irony This week’s national and international news hasn’t grabbed me. I am ungrabbed. I saw a picture of Vance and Rubio at a desk grinning opposite Pope Leo XIV, looking like they were about to explain why they were running in the halls at the Vatican. That was the most grabbed I got. So I’ve looked for local news to talk about. One of the great things about being the husband of famed local homeless peoples spokesperson Anitra “Fr…
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