Marco Rubio to visit Rome, reportedly to ‘thaw’ US relations with Pope and Meloni

<p>US secretary of state will be in Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo’s papacy</p><p>The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is to travel to Rome this week for a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican.</p><p>Rubio is scheduled to be in the Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, which will also mark the one-year anniversary of the papacy of Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/marco-rubio-visits-rome-pope-leo-us-italy-relations">Continue reading...</a>