Pope Leo XIV
Vatican and State Department stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
VATICAN CITY | The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. Both the Vatican and the U.S. State Department stressed […]
Vatican and State Department stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
VATICAN CITY | The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. Both the Vatican and the U.S. State Department stressed […]
Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio’s visit to the Vatican this week
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less […]
Rubio arrives for audience with Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions after Trump’s criticism over Iran
VATICAN CITY | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran angered the Holy See and sparked ongoing sparring between the two American leaders. Rubio, a practicing Catholic, had an audience scheduled with […]