Rubio visits Rome aiming to repair White House ties with Pope Leo


ROME — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Thursday with Pope Leo XIV with relations between the Vatican and the White House at a low point over President Donald Trump’s repeated, direct criticism of the U.S.-born pontiff who has emerged as a leading global critic of the war in Iran and of the administration’s invocation of God in pursuing military action that has resulted in the deaths of thousands.



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