Pope Francis Will Not Receive Pompeo in His Visit to Italy According to experts, relations between the Vatican and the U.S. have experienced an extraordinary hardening in recent days Pope Francis Sunday announced that he will not receive the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who will visit Italy next week, because "that could influence the U.S. election campaign." RELATED:Pope Francis Demands To Reduce Sanctions Against Countries Although in October 2019, The Pope received Pompeo at the Vatican, the Holiness assured that "on this occasion, I will not meet with political personalities amid electoral campaigns to avoid any kind of...