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Pope-Rubio hold 'friendly,' 'constructive' talks: AFP

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07-05-2026 | 08:23

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Pope-Rubio hold 'friendly,' 'constructive' talks: AFP

Talks between Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following weeks of Vatican-White House tensions, were "friendly and constructive," a State Department official told AFP.

"The conversations today were friendly and constructive," the official said after Rubio, a devout Catholic who has sought to play down the rift, met Leo and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.

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