Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Middle East with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday at an audience that follows President Donald Trump ’s criticism of the first American pope over the Ir...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Thursday with Pope Leo XIV with relations between the Vatican and the White House at a low point over President Donald Trump’s repeated, direct criticism of the U.S....

During the meeting, the pair discussed “the situation in the Middle East and topics of mutual interest in the Western Hemisphere,” according to a statement from Tommy Pigott, the spokesman for the Sta...