India, April 23 -- US Vice President JD Vance met Pope Francis on Easter Sunday. A day later, the head of the Catholic Church died of a stroke. Vance, accompanied by his wife and three children, then flew to India for a planned four-day visit, landing on Monday morning. A day later, more than 25 tourists lost their lives in a terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam.

These unconnected events have led a section of the internet to wonder - perhaps insensitively - whether the US Vice President is bringing ominous energy wherever he goes.

"JD Vance's world tour is something else! Meets the Pope in Italy, and poof-Pontiff's gone the next day. Lands in India, and boom, Pahalgam terror attack kills 28, including an Italian and an Israeli. Coinciden...