US vice president JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday

Pope Francis meets US vice president JD Vance (Vatican Media/AQP)

US vice president JD Vance met Pope Francis briefly on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.

Mr Vance’s motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis’ hotel residence while Easter Mass was being celebrated in St Peter’s Square.