by Clare Marie Merkowsky at Life Site News
President Trump invited Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, to the White House, with Vice President JD Vance delivering the invitation during his private audience with the pope.
U.S. President Donald Trump has officially invited Pope Leo XIV to the White House.
On May 19, U.S. Vice President JD Vance presented Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, with a letter from Donald and Melania Trump, inviting him to visit the president and first lady at the White House in Washington, DC.
“As you can probably imagine, people in the United States are extremely excited about you,” Vance told Leo as they exchanged gifts.
Vance presented the new pontiff with the letter from Trump inviting him to the White House and a Chicago Bears jersey bearing the pontiff’s name and the number “XIV.”
According to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt,…