Event Overview
Rubio to Visit Rome, Officials Say, After Trump’s Feud With Pope and Meloni
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome for a two-day visit this week, meeting Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and discussing the situation in Rome with Italian officials. The trip aims to thaw relations between the United States and both the Vatican and Italy after public tensions sparked by President Trump’s criticisms of the pontiff and Italy’s leadership. Rubio is also slated to meet Vatican secretary of state Pietro Parolin and Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani. The coverage notes the timing follows Trump’s broadside against the pope and Meloni’s defense of the pontiff, with a focus on diplomatic outreach.
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Rubio to Visit Rome, Officials Say, After Trump’s Feud With Pope and Meloni
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip will come after President Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV and then turned on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for defending the pontiff.
Rubio to meet Pope Leo in wake of Trump’s attacks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and Italian officials in Rome this week, as President Trump’s confrontations with the church and Italian government have soured relations. Rubio’s travel is scheduled for Wednesday through Friday. His meeting with the Holy See leadership will.
Marco Rubio to meet pope this week after Trump’s broadside against Leo
US secretary of state’s two-day visit reportedly intended to thaw Washington’s frosty relations with Vatican and Italy The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will meet Pope Leo on Thursday, weeks after Donald Trump’s unprecedented broadside against the pontiff. Rubio will meet the first US-born pope privately in the.