<p>Critics of JD Vance falsely accused the vice president of committing a faux pas while visiting the Vatican, claiming that Vance&#8217;s team did not have permission to take photos in the Sistine Chapel.</p>
<p>But a source familiar with Vance&#8217;s travel team told The Daily Wire that the Vatican gave the vice president&#8217;s official photographer permission to take pictures in the Chapel, where visitors are typically forbidden to take photos of Michelangelo&#8217;s frescoes — including The Creation of Adam&#8221; — considered some of the most important pieces of Renaissance art.</p>
<div id="attachment_911267" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-falsely-accuse-vance-of-embarrassing-gaffe-in-the-sistine-chapel/v20250419eh-1461-1" rel="attachment wp-att-911267"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911267" class="wp-image-911267 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-864x576.jpg" alt="Official White House photo by Emily Higgins. " width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/V20250419EH-1461-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-911267" class="wp-caption-text">The Vance family tours the Pauline Chapel, or the &#8220;Cappella Paolina,&#8221; in Vatican City. (Official White House photo by Emily Higgins).</p></div>
<p>Vigilant guards in the Sistine Chapel may take tourists&#8217; phones or cameras and delete photos if an unlucky photographer is caught snapping photos.</p>
<p>Critics of the vice president were quick to assume that his team did not have permission to take photos inside the Sistine Chapel.</p>
<p>&#8220;JD Vance Ripped for Embarrassing Gaffe During Vatican Visit,&#8221; The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-ripped-for-embarrassing-gaffe-during-vatican-visit/">headlined</a> their story on the topic, calling the incident a &#8220;cardinal sin,&#8221; and adding the subhead: &#8220;A White House publicity stunt revealed the vice president’s glaring faux pas.&#8221;</p>
<p>Several tabloids chimed in on the topic as well. People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/jd-vance-sistine-chapel-picture-sparks-backlash-did-he-break-vatican-protocol-11719301">questioned</a>, &#8220;Photo of J.D. Vance Inside Sistine Chapel Sparks Backlash. Did He Break Vatican Protocol?&#8221; And the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14635931/JD-Vance-fury-breaking-Vatican-protocol.html">posted</a>: &#8220;JD Vance sparks fury by breaking Vatican protocol.&#8221;</p>
<p>The offending photo depicts Vance gazing up at the renowned frescoes as he holds his young son.</p>
<p>Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1914071098410586379">shared</a> the image on Easter Sunday, calling it &#8220;An epic shot of Vice President JD Vance and his son inside the Sistine Chapel.&#8221; The image quickly went viral, drawing the attention of those familiar with the Sistine Chapel&#8217;s rules for tourists.</p>
<div id="attachment_911229" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-falsely-accuse-vance-of-embarrassing-gaffe-in-the-sistine-chapel/unnamed-26" rel="attachment wp-att-911229"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911229" class="wp-image-911229 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/unnamed-1-864x576.jpg" alt="Vice President Vance and his son tour the Sistine Chapel. Official White House photo by Emily Higgins. " width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/unnamed-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/unnamed-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/unnamed-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/unnamed-1.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-911229" class="wp-caption-text">Vice President Vance and his son tour the Sistine Chapel. Official White House photo by Emily Higgins.</p></div>
<p class="c-paragraph">Kirk&#8217;s spokesman, Andrew Kolvet, <a href="https://x.com/AndrewKsway/status/1914794708343410843">noted</a> that former First Lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s visit to the Vatican was also photographed, hitting back at commenters on &#8220;X&#8221; who claimed that the photos were not allowed.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not only did the Vatican explicitly grant permission for the VP’s team to photograph their visit, the Vatican itself released video of their tour,&#8221; Kolvet wrote. &#8220;They did the same for other official state visits including Michelle Obama&#8217;s visit in 2009.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_911239" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-falsely-accuse-vance-of-embarrassing-gaffe-in-the-sistine-chapel/us-first-lady-michelle-obama-visits-the-sistine-chapel-at-the-vatican" rel="attachment wp-att-911239"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911239" class="wp-image-911239 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-955371908-384x576.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-955371908-384x576.jpg 384w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-955371908-200x300.jpg 200w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-955371908.jpg 683w" sizes=" (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-911239" class="wp-caption-text">Michelle Obama in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. (Photo by MAURIX/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Bill and Hillary Clinton also visited the Sistine Chapel and were photographed admiring the frescoes, as did former Secretary of State Antony Blinken.</p>
<div id="attachment_911265" style="width: 393px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-falsely-accuse-vance-of-embarrassing-gaffe-in-the-sistine-chapel/president-and-hillary-clinton-in-the-sistine-chapel" rel="attachment wp-att-911265"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911265" class="wp-image-911265 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-576837746-383x576.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-576837746-383x576.jpg 383w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-576837746-199x300.jpg 199w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-576837746.jpg 680w" sizes=" (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-911265" class="wp-caption-text">President and Hillary Clinton in the Sistine Chapel (Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)</p></div>
<div id="attachment_911273" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-falsely-accuse-vance-of-embarrassing-gaffe-in-the-sistine-chapel/u-s-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-visits-vatican" rel="attachment wp-att-911273"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911273" class="wp-image-911273 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1325911231-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1325911231-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1325911231-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1325911231-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1325911231.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-911273" class="wp-caption-text">VATICAN CITY, VATICAN &#8211; JUNE 28: U.S. Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Visits the Sala Regia and the Sistine Chapel at the Apostolic Palace, on June 28, 2021 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Pool &#8211; Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Vance&#8217;s visit to the Vatican came during his three-day Holy Week visit to Italy, during which he attended a Good Friday Service at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica and Easter Sunday mass at the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.</p>
<p>Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as well as Pope Francis and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.</p>
<p>The pope died the day after his meeting with the vice president.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I saw him, I didn&#8217;t know that he had less than 24 hours still on this earth,&#8221; Vance told reporters in Agra, India, on Wednesday morning. &#8220;I think it was a great blessing.&#8221;</p>

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