Rome, April 19 -- US Vice President JD Vance attended a Good Friday service at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, as part of his Easter weekend visit. He is scheduled to meet Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, on Saturday, according to Politico.

Vance, who is the highest-ranking Catholic in the US government, travelled to Rome on Friday. Earlier in the day, he met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a day after she met with former US President Donald Trump at the White House.

This visit comes amid tensions between the US administration and the Catholic Church over the Trump administration's strict immigration policies, Politico reported.

Vance's visit to the Vatican during one of the holiest periods in the ...