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statement from the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. Rubio also met with his Vatican counterpart, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and "reviewed ongoing humanitarian efforts in the Western Hemisphere and efforts to achieve a durable peace
nuclear weapons”, which the Catholic Church teaches are immoral. Ahead of his meeting with Leo, Rubio [pushed back](/news/2026/5/5/before-vatican-trip-rubio-defends-trump-remarks-on-pope-leo-over-iran) after Trump accused Leo of “endangering Catholics” over his stance on the Iran war, saying
nuclear weapon. But Brian Burch, the US ambassador to the Holy See, told reporters this week that despite the recent tensions there was no "deep rift" between the US and the Vatican. "Nations have disagreements
Pope Leo | Drone attacks --- ### **Trump says he's in no hurry to end war as Hormuz crisis deepens**  that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and [a social media post](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/trump-ai-image-christ-like-figure-backlash) that depicted
nuclear weapons. Trump continued his attacks Tuesday night with another social media post, saying, "Will someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed, protesters in the last
nuclear weapon.”  Donald Trump has repeatedly clashed with
statement: "The President is extraordinarily well read, and he likes to share stories or content that he finds interesting on his account." ### **The problem with bluster** In the first four months of the year, President
Leo, whom he called weak on crime and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy social media post on Sunday. He did, however, delete a post of an AI image depicting himself as a Jesus