The day before his heartbreaking death, Pope Francis welcome JD Vance into his Vatican City home. But in the hours leading up to the historic meeting, the vice president, one of the last visitors to sit with the pontiff, had allegedly broken a cardinal rule, leaving people outraged.
On April 21, the world bid farewell to Pope Francis, one of the most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, marking the end of an era defined by compassion, reform, and bold moral declarations.
But true to his legacy of unflinching candor, his final days were not without controversy.
According to People, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who was in Vatican City with his family for the weekend, was reportedly snubbed by the pope on Saturday, leaving him to meet Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.