By Cesar Reyes
Pope Leo XIV will receive the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, at the Vaticana meeting that took place a month after the disagreement between the pontiff and the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
The meeting in the Vatican is scheduled for this Thursday, according to Italian media, citing sources from the Holy See.
Leo XIV, the first American pontiff in history and who, before his election, a year ago, had criticized Trump’s immigration policies, He has had a distant clash with the Republican president, this time due to the war in Iran.
A month ago, on April 7, the Pope called the US president’s threat to wipe out “an entire civilization” in his war against Tehran “unacceptable,” to which Trump responded by calling him “weak” and “terrible at foreign policy.”
A week later, Leo
“No, I am not afraid of the Trump administration, nor of proclaiming the message of the Gospel out loud, which is what I believe I should be here for, and that is why the Church is here. “We are not politicians, we do not see foreign policy from the same perspective, but as peacebuilders,” he said on the first day of his trip to Africa.
The head of American diplomacy will fly to Rome to, in addition to other foreseeable commitments in the Italian capital, meet with his compatriot pope and try to shore up the relationship between Washington and the Vatican.
It will not be the first time they see each other, but on May 19, 2025, Leo XIV met with Rubio and the vice president of the United States, JD Vance.both Catholics, one day after the beginning of his papacy.
Precisely next Friday, May 8, will be the first anniversary of Prevost’s election, a day that will be celebrated by visiting the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii, near Naples (south). EFE
