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Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff

The Japan Times·Joshua Mcelwee·26 days ago
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Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on May 19, 2025. | Vatican Media / via REUTERS

VATICAN CITY – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as U.S. President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks ​on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.

Rubio, who also serves as Trump's national security ‌adviser, was due ‌to arrive at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace around 11:15 a.m. for the ​visit, the first between the pope and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year.

The closed-door meeting is expected to last about a half-hour, after which Rubio will also meet the Vatican's ⁠top diplomat, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

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