US Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch (C-R) welcomes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio upon their arrival at the Rome's Ciampino airport on May 7, 2026. America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio arrive at the Rome's Ciampino airport for a two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, on May 7, 2026. America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio arrive at the Rome's Ciampino airport for a two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, on May 7, 2026. America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Rome's Ciampino airport for a two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, on May 7, 2026. America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio arrive at the Rome's Ciampino airport for a two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, on May 7, 2026. America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a Military Mother's Day Event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images) / ALTERNATE CROP

FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA - MAY 06: Washington Parish president Ryan Seal attends a campaign event with U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) at Bourne's Restaurant on May 06, 2026 in Franklinton, Louisiana. Letlow is running against incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Republican state Treasurer John Fleming, who was formerly White House deputy chief of staff under Trump. (Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images)