The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Leo XIV held a surprise in-person meeting with Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado shortly before she is expected to meet with President Donald Trump.

Exiled Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo González shared a photo on social media of the head of the Catholic Church with Machado, who was banned from running in the 2024 sham election and supported González’s campaign.

The Vatican also confirmed the meeting, publishing a list of the pope’s engagements on Monday morning that included his encounter with Machado. The Holy See did not offer any…

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