U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican. This follows President Trump's strong criticism of the Pope's anti-war stance.

America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will meet the first US pope, Leo XIV, on Thursday, seeking to ease Washington-Vatican tensions while also promoting President Donald Trump's agenda. The US secretary of state arrived in Rome after Trump's extraordinary criticism of Leo, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, over his anti-war stance. FRANCE 24's Hannah Roberts reports from Rome, Italy.