Vatican issues terse statement after Rubio meeting with Pope Leo XIV

13 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 7

After Thursday's talks in Rome, the Holy See said only that views were exchanged on wars, political tensions, humanitarian crises and the need to support peace.
Rubio also met Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and gave the Chicago-born pope a crystal football; Leo gave him an olive-wood pen, saying the olive branch symbolises peace.
The meeting came amid escalating Trump-Pope tensions over Iran and nuclear weapons, with Leo reaffirming the Church's long-standing opposition to all nuclear arms and calling for diplomacy.

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