Mission Is to Preach Peace, Says Pope in Response to Trump Attacks
The pontiff said the Church’s mission is to preach peace as Rubio begins a two-day Vatican visit and tensions with Trump continue.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to the Vatican for a two-day visit amid escalating rhetoric between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo over foreign policy and Iran.
- During a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, President Donald Trump claimed the Pope is "endangering a lot of Catholics" because he "thinks it's fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon."
- Defending his mission to preach the Gospel, Pope Leo stated, "I hope simply to be listened to." Vice President JD Vance countered that the Vatican should "stick to matters of morality."
- Burch, the US ambassador to the Holy See, told reporters there is no "deep rift" between the US and Vatican. The State Department said Rubio will work to "advance bilateral relations" and discuss the Middle East.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has also faced tensions with Trump over the war in the Middle East, while the Pope recently criticized "tyrants." Rubio's visit aims to navigate these complex geopolitical disagreements.
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The Church has to pronounce "clear" words about the victims of wars and violence. This is the message she has sent this Wednesday Leo XIV at her traditional weekly audience. Not a hint of turning back. The Pope insists and insists, continues forward. Also a few hours from the meeting with the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, scheduled for this Thursday, supposedly destined to cool the moods between the Vatican and Washington…
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