ACTU
07/05/2026
Rubio meets Pope Leo at Vatican to defuse tensions with Trump
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left the Vatican on Thursday after seeing Pope Leo in what was expected to have been a fraught meeting following President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio spent 2-1/2 hours at the Vatican before driving away in a convoy under tight security. He met initially Leo before sitting down with senior Vatican officials, including top diplomat Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The Vatican and the US State Department did not...
S
SCMP Economy