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U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican's No. 2 official, following a of the Trump administration鈥檚 crackdown on migrants and Vance鈥檚 theological justification of it.

Vance, , arrived Saturday in Vatican City for an appointment with the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the foreign minister, Archbishop Peter Gallagher. There was speculation he might also briefly greet Pope Francis, who has begun resuming some official duties during his recovery from pneumonia.

The Holy See has responded cautiously to the Trump administration, in keeping with its tradition of diplomatic neutrality. It has expressed alarm over the administration's crackdown on migrants and while insisting on peaceful resolutions to the war in Ukraine and Gaza.

鈥淚t is clear that the approach of the current U.S. administration is very different from what we are used to and, especially in the West, from what we have relied on for many years," Mr. Parolin told La Repubblica on the eve of the Vance visit.

As the U.S. pushes to end the war in Ukraine, Mr. Parolin reaffirmed Kyiv's right to its territorial integrity and insisted that any peace deal must not be 鈥渋mposed鈥� on Ukraine but 鈥渋s built patiently, day by day, with dialogue and mutual respect.鈥�

Vance was spending Easter weekend in Rome with his family and attended Good Friday services in St. Peter鈥檚 Basilica after meeting with

Papal rebuke on migration

Francis and Vance have and the Trump administration鈥檚 plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy and his progressive views on social justice issues have often put him at odds with members of the more conservative U.S. Catholic Church.

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, identifies with a small Catholic intellectual movement, viewed by some critics as having reactionary or authoritarian leanings, that is

Postliberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counterrevolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions like universities from within, replacing entrenched 鈥渆lites鈥� with their own and acting upon their vision of the 鈥渃ommon good.鈥�

Just days before he was hospitalized in February, Pope Francis blasted the Trump administration鈥檚 deportation plans, warning that they would deprive migrants of their inherent dignity. In a letter to U.S. bishops, Pope Francis also appeared to respond to Mr. Vance directly for having such policies.

A Latin concept of love

Mr. Vance had defended the administration鈥檚 America-first crackdown by citing a concept from medieval Catholic theology known in Latin as 鈥渙rdo amoris.鈥� He has said the concept delineates a hierarchy of care 鈥� to family first, followed by neighbor, community, fellow citizens and lastly those elsewhere.

In his Feb. 10 letter, Francis appeared to correct Vance鈥檚 understanding of the concept.

鈥満＝谴笊� love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extends to other persons and groups,鈥� he wrote. 鈥淭he true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the 鈥楪ood Samaritan,鈥� that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.鈥�

Mr. Vance has but has said he would continue to defend his views. During a Feb. 28 appearance at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Mr. Vance didn鈥檛 address the issue specifically but called himself a 鈥渂aby Catholic鈥� and acknowledged there are 鈥渢hings about the faith that I don鈥檛 know.鈥�

While he had criticized Pope Francis on social media in the past, recently he has posted prayers for Francis鈥� recovery.

On Friday, Mr. Vance, his wife, and three young children had front-row seats at the Vatican鈥檚 Good Friday service in St. Peter鈥檚, a two-hour solemn commemoration featuring Latin and Italian readings. Pope Francis did not attend.

But the pope has begun receiving visitors, including King Charles III, and this week ventured out of the Vatican to meet with prisoners at Rome's central jail to keep a Holy Thursday appointment ministering to the most marginalized.

He has named other cardinals to preside over Easter services this weekend, but officials haven't ruled out a possible brief greeting with Vance.

鈥淚鈥檓 grateful every day for this job, but particularly today, where my official duties have brought me to Rome on Good Friday,鈥� Mr. Vance posted on X. 鈥淚 wish all 海角大神s all over the world, but particularly those back home in the US, a blessed Good Friday.鈥�

This story was reported by The Associated Press.