Pope Leo to meet US Secretary of State Rubio Thursday

The Vatican connected Monday said Pope Leo XIV volition conscionable US Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Thursday.

This is conscionable a fewer weeks aft the pontiff earnestly criticised United States President Donald Trump.

According to a calendar published connected the Vatican’s media site, the backstage sojourn with the apical US diplomat, who is simply a Catholic, volition instrumentality spot astatine 11:30 americium (0930 GMT).

The gathering is said to beryllium an effort to soften relations betwixt the person of the world’s 1.4 cardinal Catholics and the US government.

Rubio volition besides conscionable Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani portion successful Rome.

Rubio had besides asked for a gathering with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, 1 of Trump’s closest European allies, against whom helium turned aft she defended the pope, the root added.

Leo has progressively spoken retired against planetary conflicts and the politicians waging them, and past period issued his astir forthright critique yet of the Trump administration’s actions.

The sojourn volition beryllium the 2nd clip that the pope and Rubio person met arsenic helium was received astatine the Vatican with US Vice President JD...