US Secretary of State says his meeting with Pope Leo is not to “smooth things over” [SOUND]

# US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has denied today’s meeting with Pope Leo is an attempt to reset diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Relations between the pontiff and president Donald Trump have deteriorated, with Trump launching personal attacks, branding Leo weak and terrible. The first American pope in history has been critical of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Rubio says it’s normal for the US to engage with the Vatican: