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In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV exchanges gifts with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, as they meet in the pope’s private library at the Vatican, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media via AP.)

Rubio makes fence-mending visit to the Vatican after Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
Matthew Lee

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Secretary of State Rubio, a Catholic, plans to visit the Vatican

May 5
Matthew Lee

US expands travel bans on Chinese officials for persecution

Mar 22, 2022
Matthew Lee

Blinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agenda

Mar 31, 2021
Matthew Lee

Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’

Jan 20, 2021
Matthew Lee

Pompeo meets Pope Francis as impeachment roils Washington

Oct 3, 2019
Matthew Lee

US downgrades Pakistan in religious freedom rankings

Dec 11, 2018
Matthew Lee

Israeli settlers creating ‘climate of fear’ for West Bank Christians

Aug 11
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Pope’s 2027 Peace Day message to focus on ‘disarming technology’

Aug 11
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope sends condolences to quake-stricken Colombia

Aug 11
Crux Now Staff

British bishop calls new PM to bat for jailed Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai

Aug 11
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Israeli settlers creating ‘climate of fear’ for West Bank Christians

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Basilica on May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope appeals for peace in Sudan as siege of key city intensifies

Aug 9
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Pope appeals for peace in Ukraine as reports of civilian casualties multiply on both sides

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