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JD Vance heads to Rome - could he meet Pope Francis?

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US Vice-President JD Vance hoping for brief encounter with Pope Francis .

Meeting with Pope would carry powerful symbolic weight, politically and personally.

Meeting could signal thaw in relations between Vatican and US after months of tension over issues such as moral leadership and migration.

If there is no encounter, there will inevitably be speculation about a snub or Pope 's health.

The vice-president converted to Catholicism aged 35 at the age of 35 at a Dominican priory in Cincinnati .

He is expected to participate in ceremonies around Easter Sunday .

He will have time with a highly-ranked Vatican official, its secretary of state , Cardinal Pietro Parolin .

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