Pope gives Easter blessing in highest-profile appearance yet after briefly meeting Vance

JD Vance gets brief Easter audience with Pope Francis in Vatican

Meeting with US vice-president comes after pontiff recently criticised Trump administration’s immigration policies

Pope Francis does surprise Easter Sunday popemobile tour as he recovers from illness

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and applause as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia.“Viva il Papa!” (Long live the pope), “Bravo!” the crowd shouted as Francis looped through the square in his open-topped popemobile and then up and down the main a…

Madrid, Spain.– Almost breathless, the eyelids half closed and with barely a thread of voice Pope Francis appeared on the central balcony of St.Peter’s Basilica and gave the blessing to Rome and the world –urbi et orbi – with a warning message against “the contempt that awakens towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and the migrants”. Absent in almost all the ceremonies of Holy Week, the pontiff made an effort, against the indication of rest o…

Pope Francis, still recovering from pneumonia, meets with Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday

Pope Francis and JD Vance met briefly Easter morning to exchange greetings. The Holy See Press Office called the conversation "cordial."

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and surprise them with a tour of the Popemobile through the square, prompting cheers and applause as he continues his recovery from an almost fatal episode of bilateral pneumonia. “Long live the Pope!”, “bravo!” shouted the crowd as Francis walked through the square in his discovered popemobile before coming and going down the main…

After Easter Mass, Pope Francis blessed the faithful from Balc n of Baslica de San Pedro; he previously met with Vice President of the United States.