https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe Rebuffed by Vatican, Pompeo Assails China and Aligns With Pope’s Critics United States International Relations Pope Francis declined to see Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is demanding a harder Vatican line on China. The Holy See said meeting just before a U.S. election would be inappropriate. BY JASON HOROWITZ AND LARA JAKES https://ift.tt/2HCzr3k October 1, 2020 at 04:56AM