JD Vance addresses being one of last people to meet Pope Francis before his death Source: AP
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00:00I feel like knowing you were maybe one of the last officials to meet with him before you died.
00:04Yeah, you know, I've thought a lot about that.
00:06I mean, it's pretty crazy, actually.
00:09And obviously when I saw him, I didn't know that he had less than 24 hours still on this earth.
00:13I think it was a great blessing.
00:15But, you know, I think he saw a lot of people.
00:18I think he affected a lot of lives.
00:19And I try to just, you know, remember that I was lucky that I got to shake his hand
00:23and tell him that I pray for him every day because I did and I do.
00:27But has his death caused you at all to reflect on the policies of the Trump administration in any way?
00:32Well, I think that obviously a lot of people, especially in the American press,
00:36want to make the Holy Father his entire legacy and even his death about American politics.
00:41I think he was obviously a much broader figure than the United States of America.
00:45He represents over a billion Catholics worldwide.
00:48Yes, I'm aware that he had some disagreements with some of the policies of our administration.
00:52He also had a lot of agreements with some of the policies of our administration.
00:55I'm not going to soil the man's legacy by talking about politics.
01:00I think he was a great Christian pastor, and that's how I choose to remember the Holy Father.