Trump renews criticism of Pope Leo ahead of Rubio’s visit to Vatican City

President Trump is renewing his criticism of Pope Leo the 14th ahead of Secretary of State Rubio’s visit to Vatican City. Rubio, who is Catholic, will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between the Trump administration and the pope. Before the secretary of state’s departure, the president said Pope Leo is “endangering Catholics and a lot of people” and he claimed the pope believes it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Leo has not said Iran should obtain nuclear weapons. But he has criticized the war against Iran generally and called for more peace talks.