Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini meets reporters at the Interior Ministry headquarters in Rome on Monday. Even if the Catholic Church objected, he was voting for the far-right League party. Salvini, the Italian deputy prime minister and interior minister, did more than simply challenge Francis’s open-door advocacy. Salvini has cribbed some from Trump’s political strategy, too, pledging to put “Italy First” and weaken the European Union. Some of Salvini’s supporters make pointed reference to Italian media reports that Francis has rebuffed a meeting with Salvini.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2019 17:15 UTC