Rubio visits Vatican amid escalating tensions between Trump and Pope Leo

Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Rome in an effort to preserve a crucial relationship between Washington and the Holy See.

By Claire Giangrave

Brazil’s Lula meets Trump amid efforts to avert new US trade tariffs

Brazilian officials are hoping for the best outcome from the meeting, given tensions over Trump's tariff policy.

In meeting with Pope Leo, Rubio tries to minimize Trump's attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday morning, in a visit that was officially about diplomacy but in reality was about cleaning up after President Donald Trump’s latest swipes at the first American pope.

Trump ducks press after meeting with Brazil’s Lula takes sudden mystery turn

A planned Oval Office media availability was canceled without explanation after the two leaders met for several hours behind closed doors on Thursday

By Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden

Trump hails talks with Brazil's Lula despite earlier tensions

The US president said his meeting with Brazil’s President Lula on trade and tariffs went “very well,” and they agreed to keep meeting.

Pope-Rubio meeting highlighted 'need to work tirelessly for peace' says Vatican

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 7 - A meeting between Pope Leo XIV and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Vatican Thursday highlighted the need to work tirelessly for peace, the Vatican said after the 45-minute audience. There was "an exchange of views on the regional and international situation, with particular attention to countries affected by war, political tensions, and difficult humanitarian situations, as well as on the need to work tirelessly for peace," the Holy See reported.. (A...

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