Vatican stresses need for peace as Rubio meets pope amid strained relations
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from World news | The Guardian on (#75FB1)
US secretary of state speaks with Leo and officials after tensions following attacks by Trump over Iran war
The Vatican has said it raised the need to work tirelessly in favour of peace" in talks with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who is in Rome on a trip widely regarded as an effort to ease tensions after Donald Trump's repeated criticisms of Pope Leo.
Amid unprecedented strain on relations between the Holy See and Washington, Rubio was received by the pope on Thursday at the Apostolic Palace, before holding a series of meetings with Vatican officials
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