Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer met Pope Francis on Sunday, months after he was apparently snubbed from a visit with the leader of his Catholic faith while on a visit with President Trump.

America Magazine, a Jesuit publication, reported Tuesday that Spicer was one of several members of a U.S. delegation to the International Catholic Legislators Network in Vatican City.

The visit by Spicer comes months after Spicer was left out of the White House delegation to Vatican City in May. The White House denied that the move was made specifically to snub Spicer, but many journalists cried foul that Spicer was excluded from what was seen at the time as his only chance to meet the leader of his faith.

A source close to the White House told CNN in May that meeting the pope was "all he wanted" from a multination trip to Europe, and that his absence from the room should "very much" be seen as a slight from Trump, who was reportedly dissatisfied with his media coverage.

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The group, which also included Reps. Andy Harris (R-Md.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), was personally received by the pope, who repeated his call for leaders to "build bridges" not walls.

“The laws that you promulgate and apply ought to build bridges between different political perspectives — even when they respond to precise ends ordered to the promotion of greater care for the defenseless and the marginalized, especially the many who are constrained to leave their countries; and when they are in order to favor a correct human and natural ecology," the pontiff told the group on Sunday.

“As long as the contribution of the church to the great questions of society in our time can be put into discussion, it is vital that your commitment be constantly pervaded by her moral and social teachings, in order to build a more humane and just society,” he added.

Spicer, who did not give a comment to the magazine, was spotted in the crowd taking photos of the pope in a picture posted on Vatican Radio's Facebook page.

The former Trump spokesman spoke openly about his Catholic faith while serving in the White House and in March appeared at an on-camera White House press briefing with ash markings from Ash Wednesday.