Washington D.C., Jan 16, 2020 / 14:00 pm
Vice President Mike Pence will travel to the Vatican next week to meet with Pope Francis.
Pence's office confirmed with CNA on Thursday that the Vice President is scheduled to be received by the Pope during his overseas trip next week. No details have yet been released about the topics that might be discussed at the meeting.
The Vice President's visit comes immediately after the U.S. religious freedom ambassador traveled to Vatican City for the launch of the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative, held on Tuesday at the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Callista Gingrich.
Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, was present at Tuesday's opening session of the initiative, which was described by Ambassador Gingrich as "a dialogue designed to promote peace, religious freedom, and interreligious harmony" between Christians, Muslims, and Jews.