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Rubio seeks to ease tensions with US pope

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Rome – America’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, on Thursday, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump’s interests.
The US secretary of state flies in weeks after Trump’s extraordinary criticism of Leo, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, over his anti-war stance.
Rubio, a devout Catholic, sought to play down the rift ahead of the private audience, which will

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