0h 7min, may 7, 2026 y - Rubio: Meets Pope Leo

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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived at the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV in what is seen as an attempt to repair relations after President Donald Trump’s repeated barbs against the pontiff.

The closed-door meeting is expected to take about half an hour on Thursday, and then Rubio will meet his counterpart, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

This is the first known meeting between the pope and a Trump government official in nearly a year. Parolin said the meeting was requested by the US, and Leo would listen carefully to what Rubio had to say.

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