Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.

Just days before he was hospitalized in February, #PopeFrancis blasted #TheDeportationPlans, #warning that they would deprive #migrants of their inherent dignity. In a letter to #USbishops, Francis also ... respond to #Vance directly for having claimed that #CatholicDoctrine justified such policies.