Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2025 / 13:20 pm

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Thursday during a three-day diplomatic trip to Israel.

Vance, the nation’s second Catholic vice president, met with a group of bishops and went to confession prior to Mass, according to the White House Pool Report.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was constructed in the early fourth century during the reign of Constantine the Great , the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. It is jointly operated by the Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and four Oriental Orthodox churches.

According to tradition, the church is built on the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, buri

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