The top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, went to the Vatican on Thursday for talks with the first US pope, Leo XIV, against the backdrop of sharp tensions between the White House and the Vatican.
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On May 8, 2025, Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States, taking the name Leo XIV.Â
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the eve of a Vatican visit on Tuesday played down President Donald Trump's criticism of Pope Leo XIV, who stood firm in calling for the promotion of peace.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo on a trip to Rome this week, in the wake of the pontiff's clash with President Donald Trump, a Vatican source said Sunday.
Pope Leo XIV on Friday named a former undocumented migrant as bishop of West Virginia, weeks after a high-profile clash with US President Donald Trump.
Pope Leo XIV presiding over the mass outside Rome on Sunday, a highlight of the Catholic Church's Jubilee year
The mass was held in a vast, open-air space on Rome's eastern outskirts
Young Catholics came from around the world for the Vatican's week-long Jubilee of Youth where Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday
Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Ca…
Up to a million pilgrims are expected to take part in a giant mass with Pope Leo XIV as part of the Vatican's 'Jubilee of Youth'