Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

U.S. Church leaders: Designating Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism is ‘overkill’
- Jan 13, 2021
A day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” Bishop David Malloy of Rockford expressed his “profound disagreement” with the decision.

By John Lavenburg
Nigeria going on U.S. religious freedom watch list a positive move, expert says
- Dec 15, 2020
Nigeria’s designation as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom by the U.S. State department is a “very good thing,” according to a leading human rights charity.

By Crux Staff
Pompeo meets Orthodox spiritual leader in Istanbul
- Nov 17, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Tuesday during a short trip to Turkey that raised the ire of Turkish officials and included no meetings with any of them.

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser

Parolin: There is ‘no connection’ between Pell arrival, Becciu ouster
- Oct 2, 2020
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said there is no connection between the timing of the return of Australian Cardinal George Pell to Rome and the recent resignation of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who are known rivals in the bid to reform the finances of the Holy See.

By Elise Ann Allen
On China, Vatican and US risk flawed assumptions about each other
- Oct 1, 2020
Watching US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Vatican this week play out, it seems possible that some of the obvious testiness over China is because both sides are making flawed assumptions about the other.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Vatican, Pompeo highlight different approaches to China on religious freedom
- Sep 30, 2020
Top Vatican and U.S. officials Wednesday urged actors at every level of society to protect and defend religious freedom, whether it be physical violence, or subtle forms of ideological colonization carried out under the guise of tolerance.

By Elise Ann Allen