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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to travel to Italy this week to meet with Pope Leo, a Vatican source said, after President Donald Trump’s attacks on the pope sparked criticism across the political spectrum.
The meeting, the first known face-to-face meeting between Leo and a U.S. cabinet official in nearly a year, is expected to take place on Thursday, a senior source familiar with the pope’s plans said.
The pope, who is American, has emerged in recent weeks as an outspoken critic of the US-Israeli-led war with Iran, after previously criticizing the Trump administration’s hardline anti-immigration policies.
Trump harshly criticized Leo on social media several times in April, at one point calling the pope “terrible” in attacks that received widespread attention while Leo was on a four-country tour of Africa.
