Pope Leo XIV received American Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday morning, reportedly discussing international conflicts and “the strong relationship” between his country and the United States.
The meeting arrives on the eve of the first anniversary of the election of the first American pope and follows multiple public criticisms by President Donald Trump complaining about the pope’s alleged political stances, as understood by Trump. While most corporate media outlets in the United States portrayed the encounter with Rubio as a way to mend fences following Trump’s social media commentary, Rubio himself indicated that the topics discussed would be international crises, in particular the communist humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Rubio, notably, is both Cuban-American and Catholic, and met with the pope for the first time shortly after his election last year.
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