Rubio plans to visit the Vatican this week as tensions between Trump and the pope rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over U. S. policies, particularly the Iran war. The State Department said Monday that Rubio, a Catholic who has visited Rome and the Vatican at least three times since becoming the Republican president's top diplomat, would be in Italy on Thursday and Friday. “Secretary Rubio will meet with Holy See leadership to in...
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