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Posted on 05/19/2025 7:42:54 PM PDT by deks
Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday and gave the Chicago-born pontiff a Bears football jersey inscribed with his title.
Vance, a Catholic convert, brought along the present on his visit with the first American pope, who said, “Good choice,” as he accepted it.
Video obtained by CBS News also shows the vice president handing Pope Leo XIV a letter from President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, inviting the new Catholic leader to the White House. “I know you have many things to do, but I wanted to make sure I gave you that letter,” Vance said.
The Monday meeting, which Second Lady Usha Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also attended, lasted approximately 40 minutes, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “You can probably imagine that people in the United States are extremely excited about you,” the vice president said.
The pope’s gift to the Vances was a bronze sculpture engraved with the phrase, “Peace is a fragile flower,” in Italian. The meeting ended with the vice president saying he would pray for Pope Leo XIV, who replied, “I am sure we will meet again.”
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Well done.
Bear Down...
Oh okay that’s football. I just know the Pope’s brother said that he is a White Sox and not Cubs fan re: baseball.
I chose the name Leo for Leo Fender, I prefer the sound of a clean, maybe slightly overdriven, Stratocaster to any other guitar sound. -Leo XIV 
Great meeting.
That shows even the Pope has flaws...
Ping!
I would have gone with the “Chicago Cardinals”.
Is the pope Catholic? Well does a bear pope in the woods?
Two out of three.
Well, the Bears do need divine intervention.
We’re on a mission from Gahdt
:)
After a nice long meeting like this, if the Pope survives 30 days everyone will have to concede the JD Vance/Pope curse is lifted.
😄
The new Pope went on to say, “I have added a new sacrament, the Blessing of the Telecasters, to be held on August 10th, St. Leo’s birthday.”
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