Vance goes to the Vatican following papal rebuke over Trump migrant crackdown

US vice president JD Vance arrives with son Vivek to attend a Good Friday service inside St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2025 (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

US vice president JD Vance is meeting with the Vatican’s number two official, following a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants and Vance’s theological justification of it.

Mr Vance, a Catholic convert, was due to meet on Saturday with the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.