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Pope Liu XIV On Monday, a private meeting with US Vice President JD Vance and his wife, USHA, according to the Apostolic Newspaper Office.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio His wife, Janet, was at the private meeting, according to the Vatican news.

Vans, Rubio and their wives attended the opening of the Pope on Sunday.

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Pope Liu fourteen speaks with US Vice President GD Verse and his wife, Osha, after a sacred mass of the beginning of Pontifentes, at St. Peter’s Church in the Vatican on May 18, 2025. (Getty Images)

After the private audience with the first American Pope on Monday, Vans with The Apostolic Press Office said that bishops, Paul Richard Gallagher, a secretary of relations with states and international organizations.

Vans and Gallaghar held “friendly” talks in the state secretariat, where they repeated the confirmation of the good bilateral relations between the American government and the Holy See.

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US Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Janet, arrived at a holy mass of the beginning of Pope Liu XIV, in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. (Getty Images)

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The two also discussed the cooperation between the church and the American government, as well as “some of the relevant matters related to ecclesiastical life and religious freedom.”

The Apostolic Press Office said: “Finally, there was an exchange of opinions on some current international issues, calling for respect for humanitarian law and international law in the areas of conflict and the negotiating solution between the parties concerned.”