Pope Francis visited Mexico in 2016, as Trump pledged his commitment to deporting millions of undocumented migrants from the U.S. (AP) JD Vance briefly met with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday ...

The Context Pope Francis—whose real name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio —was known for his sharp criticism of Trump, whom he recently rebuked for his administration's aggressive immigration policies.

Trump, however, had previously been a vocal critic of Pope Francis after the pontiff criticized his decision to build a border wall with Mexico in 2016. At the time, Pope Francis declared that "a ...

In 2016, Francis, alluding to then-candidate Trump, called anyone who builds a wall to keep out migrants “ not Christian.” Trump called the comment “disgraceful.” ...

President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis on May 22, 2017 in Vatican City, Vatican. Trump and Francis, who recently passed away at age 88, have had a tense relationship over the years.

President Donald Trump has offered condolences over the passing of Pope Francis, but the two men clashed repeatedly, including as far back as Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, over how to treat ...

In 2017, Pope Francis met President Donald Trump for the first and only time, and defused months of tension with the mention of a Slovenian pastry. During that meeting, which included some of ...

Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis's papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis criticized Trump's proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Canada border.

Pope Francis, right, poses with President Donald Trump, center, first lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump at the end of a private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017.

Even as President Donald Trump attends Pope Francis' funeral, the two men clashed repeatedly, including as far back as Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, over how to treat migrants. In 2016, Pope ...