From left: Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 9, 2026. Speaking in France on Sept. 28, Pope Leo lauded postwar efforts to unify the continent. Experts saw it as a critique of President Trump’s repeated berating of European leaders. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By MOTOKO RICH and MARK LANDLER Pope Leo XIV delivered a lengthy tribute earlier this week to efforts to…
