US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has visited Pope Leo in Rome. The meeting follows a public spat between the Pope and Donald Trump over the war in Iran. Rubio’s trip is widely being viewed as an effort heal that rift.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Report: Marco Rubio meets with Pope at Vatican
02:38 Live with David Gibson, Fordham University
02:49 Why is Rubio paying a visit to the Vatican just know?
03:34 The Vatican says, the meeting was requested by Washington: What does this tell us about the relations between the pontiff and the White House?
04:30 Rubio is a practicing Catholic himself: How much does it matter for this meeting that
05:37 Is Rubio going to the Vatican just as top diplomat or as someone who has „presidential designs?“
06:39 The Vatican calls Trump’s remarks „strange“: What’s meant by this?
08:10 Pope Leo is an American, how does the shape his relations to the White House and to believers in the US?
09:25 How deep is the rift between Pope Leo and Trump?
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