Marco Rubio will meet with Pope León XIV to de-escalate his relationship with Donald Trump
Marco Rubio will serve as a mediator between Pope Leo XIV and Donald Trump to try to improve the deteriorated relationship between both
With the objective of decreasing the tension generated by the exchange of statements issued by President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, will hold a meeting with the leader of the Catholic church in the Vatican.
The comments of the Supreme Pontiff on the war conflict detonated by the United States against Iran, as well as the intensification of the economic blockade towards Cuba and the persecution directed at hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the United States, have caused unrest in the Republican that governs from Washington.
And it is that since he was appointed Pope, on May 8 of last year, the Chicago-born religious demonstrated not agree with some of Trump's policies.
León XIV defines himself as a defender of the human dignity of immigrants and while demanding humanitarian treatment for them, he rejects the discrimination or the denigrating treatment that they receive mainly in the United States, as he has witnessed this.
“They are human beings and we have to treat human beings in a humane way and not treat them worse than household pets or animals. "I know we can't receive more and all this ... but when people arrive they are human beings and deserve the respect that every human being has for their human dignity," he expressed at the end of last month.
Regarding the war against Iran he has asked to stop the escalation of war and reiterates that he will not support the war, advocating dialogue.
“Force has replaced justice; law has been replaced by the law of force,” he noted.
On this point, Trump completely disagrees and even this Wednesday again criticized the Pope.
“It's very simple: whether you like it or not, Iran can't possess a nuclear weapon. He seemed to suggest that they can, and I say they can't, because if that success edera, the whole world would become hostage, and we're not going to let that happen,” he mentioned in front of a group of reporters in the Oval Office.
With this background, Marco Rubio's mission becomes complicated, especially if Trump continues challenging the Catholic leader as hi zo by publishing days ago a video created with artificial intelligence where he appears wearing a robe very similar to that of Jesus Christ.