JD Vance paid tribute to Pope Francis on Monday, hours after news broke that the pope had died at 88. The vice president of the United States was one of the last people to meet with Francis before his death,

Pope Francis held a private meeting at the Vatican on Sunday morning with Vice President JD Vance, the Vatican said in a statement the day before he died. Vance, a Catholic who has clashed with the pontiff over the Trump administration's immigration policies,