Pope and JD Vance meet ahead of diplomatic push for Ukraine ceasefire

The Pope with the US vice president. Picture: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV and US vice president JD Vance have met at the Vatican ahead of a flurry of American-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Mr Vance, a Catholic convert, had led the US delegation to the formal Mass opening the pontificate of the first American pope.