WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US Vice President JD Vance will attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural celebration of Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, the White House said in a statement.

President Donald Trump's deputy will head a US delegation also including Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the first major event by the new pope, who is the first American ever chosen to head the Roman Catholic Church and has previously criticized the Trump administration.