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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. | Credit: U.S. Department of State Flickr, public domain; Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Vatican Secretary of State, U.S. State Secretary Discuss Situation in Venezuela

Jan 6, 2026

The U.S. State Department indicated that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Vatican counterpart, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discussed efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in Venezuela.

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