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U.S. Vice President JD Vance tours the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance attends Mass at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre 

Oct 23, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church... Read more

Erika Kirk embraces U.S. President Donald Trump at the conclusion of the memorial service held for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, on Sept. 21, 2025.

Trump, Vance among those honoring Charlie Kirk’s Christian legacy 

Sep 22, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and many others honored the late Charlie Kirk and his efforts to... Read more

Vice President JD Vance hosts a podcast episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of the show’s namesake on Sept. 10.

JD Vance: Trump administration will ‘dismantle’ leftist groups promoting violence

Sep 16, 2025

By Zelda Caldwell

The two-hour broadcast of “The Charlie Kirk Show” was livestreamed Monday from Vance’s ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office... Read more

“I have never had a day that will stay with me like this day did,” said U.S. Vice President JD Vance following his visit with parents and victims of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The Vances are shown here outside the church during their Sept. 3, 2025, visit.

Vice President JD Vance meets with victims of Minneapolis church shooting

Sep 3, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visited Minneapolis to meet with victims and families of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on May 19, 2025.

Trump invites Pope Leo XIV to the White House

May 19, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump invited Pope Leo XIV to the... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated in places of honor usually reserved for heads of state, meet with Pope Leo XIV in the papal library on May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV meets U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio

May 19, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV and top Vatican... Read more

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at the Vatican

May 15, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the May... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance shares a moment of laughter with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during their meeting at the Vatican on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025.

Vance visits Vatican: U.S. vice president and Cardinal Parolin address global concerns

Apr 19, 2025

By AC Wimmer

During Holy Saturday talks at the Vatican, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reaffirmed their... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

Vice President JD Vance attends Vatican Good Friday service

Apr 18, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus, Tyler Arnold

On his trip, Vance — who is a convert to Catholicism — will also be visiting cultural and religious sites... Read more

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

JD Vance speaks at Rod Dreher’s ‘Live Not by Lies’ screening in Washington, DC

Apr 2, 2025

By Zelda Caldwell

In his remarks, Vance returned to the theme he raised in his speech at the Munich Security Conference in which... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves to the crowd at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Report: Vice President JD Vance intends to visit Rome at Easter

Apr 1, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the vice president plans to arrive in Rome on Good Friday, April 18, and depart from... Read more

The University of Notre Dame.

University of Notre Dame commencement departs from presidential tradition

Mar 27, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Since the 1970s, Notre Dame has routinely invited newly inaugurated presidents to deliver the university’s commencement address. Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves to the crowd at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Vance leads prayer for Pope Francis at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Feb 28, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. Vice President JD Vance led attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in a prayer for Pope Francis’... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses the 2025 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C.

JD Vance to speak at annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Feb 25, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

“His presence is a sign of hope and openness to Catholic values and all the good that they bring to... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks with Mercedes Schlapp at the 2025 Conservative Action Political Conference on Feb. 20, 2025, in National Harbor, Maryland.

At CPAC, Vance talks faith, says policies should help ‘choose life’ and ‘start families’

Feb 20, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“[People need to] stop thinking about babies as inconveniences to be discarded,” Vice President JD Vance said in a Thursday... Read more

In a Feb. 10, 2025, letter to the U.S. bishops in which he expressed concern over President Donald Trump’s “program of mass deportations,” Pope Francis also appeared to criticize Vice President JD Vance’s use of the Catholic term “ordo amoris” in the context of the present debate over immigration.

Pope Francis, Vance clash over ‘ordo amoris’

Feb 13, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

JD Vance, a Catholic, had in a late January interview invoked an “old school … Christian concept” he later identified... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2025.

Citing ancient Church teachings, Vance prioritizes religious liberty at IRF summit

Feb 5, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“Religious freedom flows from concepts central to the Christian faith,” Vance said in a Feb. 5 speech to hundreds gathered... Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2025.

What is the ‘ordo amoris’? JD Vance’s comments on Christian love spark debate

Feb 4, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Though you won’t find “ordo amoris” in the catechism, Dominican Father Pius Pietrzyk told CNA that the concept is a... Read more

After receiving assistance from the Catholic Charities RGV Humanitarian Respite Center, migrant families from Mexico and Central America who have been released into the United States are processed for their transport to various destinations across the United States from the at the Central Station Bus Terminal on June 19, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

CNA explains: How the Catholic Church partners with the U.S. government to serve migrants

Feb 3, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

In recent years, the USCCB has received more than $100 million annually from the federal government to support migration and... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York addresses the audience at the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on July 18, 2024.

Cardinal Dolan: Vance’s remarks on bishops and immigration ‘scurrilous,’ ‘very nasty’

Jan 29, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Cardinal Timothy Dolan strongly criticized comments Vice President JD Vance made questioning the motives of U.S. bishops in their efforts... Read more