Washington, Aug. 21 -- Congressman Ro Khanna issued the following press release:
Last week, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, co-led a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Leo XIV. The visit was part of a broader trip to Europe focused on shared national security priorities, competition with China, and exploring opportunities for further collaboration on economic security and AI, with stops in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
In Vatican City, the delegation attended Pope Leo XIV's general audience. Ranking Member Khanna spoke with the Pope about his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, and praised his calls for protecting huma...