Marco Rubio meets Pope Leo as US seeks to repair Vatican ties (opens in new tab)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo at the Vatican during a two-day visit to Rome aimed at easing tensions between Washington and the Catholic Church after President Donald Trump’s criticism of the pontiff over the war in Iran\. The visit comes weeks after Trump lashed out at Pope Leo following the pontiff’s condemnation of the joint US-Israeli offensive against Iran\. On April 12, Trump said: “I’m not a fan of the pope\.” A day later, Pope Leo responded that he would not be intimi...