Pope Francis Meets With John Kerry, Marking Change in Post-Trump Vatican-US Relations

Pope Francis bids farewell to then-Secretary of State John Kerry as he departs from Washington en route to New York City in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Sept. 24, 2015. Patrick Smith/Getty Images

VATICAN—Pope Francis met with John Kerry, climate envoy for the Biden administration, on May 14 after a closed-door conference on “Dreaming of a Better Restart” for the global economy.

Kerry is one of the first U.S. officials to meet with Pope Francis since the COVID-19 pandemic began and the first among members of the Biden administration.