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

Pope Leo XIV meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican, May 7, 2026. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS Simone Risoluti Reuters
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By Joshua McElwee Reuters

VATICAN CITY – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to the Vatican on Thursday for a potentially fraught encounter with Pope Leo as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.

Rubio’s convoy drove through the central Roman boulevard leading to the Vatican under tight security, arriving at 11:10 am (0910 GMT) for the first visit between the pope and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year.

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