Marco Rubio visited the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo after Trump started that whole feud with him. Vatican Pool / Getty Images They took this awkward picture. Vatican Pool / Getty Images They had a robust discussion about peace (and probably Trump's ballroom). Vatican Pool / Getty Images And, for reasons known only to him, Marco gifted the Pope a crystal football adorned with the State Department seal. Vatican Pool / Getty Images Yes, a crystal football tchotchke. Vatican Pool / Getty Images It's giving "Oops, I have to get something for the Pope at the Hudson News in the airport." Vatican Pool / Getty Images The interaction is truly peak awkward because, in the video, Pope Leo simply responds with a simple, "Wow. Okay." Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope a crystal football. The pope’s response? “Wow. Okay.” pic.twitter.com/XZpFo0mSxW — Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) May 7, 2026 AP/Vatican Media/ ChristopherHale/ Twitter: @ChristopherHale "Wow.…