Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Pope Francis’ criticism of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, without responding to any of its specifics or to the pontiff’s apparent criticism of Vance’s own deployment of Catholic tradition to justify such policies.

Vice President Vance on Friday said that American Catholics focus too much on criticism coming from clergy members, in response to Pope Francis’ public disapproval of the Trump administration’s

Vice President JD Vance Delivers Prayer For Pope Francis’s Health Amid Hospitalization Vice President JD Vance offered a prayer for Pope Francis's health during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Vice President JD Vance led the audience at the 20th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in prayer for the ailing Pope Francis, who has criticized the Trump administration over its immigration policy.