Pope Francis Meets With John Kerry, Marking Change in Post-Trump Vatican-Us Relations
May 16, 2021 | District of Columbia, International
VATICAN—Pope Francis met with John Kerry, climate envoy for the Biden Administration, on May 14 after a closed-door conference on “Dreaming of a Better Restart” for the global economy.
Kerry is one of the first U.S. officials to meet with Pope Francis since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first among members of the Biden Administration.
Pope Francis had reportedly refused to meet with then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after Pompeo issued a scathing critique of the Vatican’s China policies prior to his attending a conference on religious freedom sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See in November 2020…
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
