{"id":26249,"date":"2025-01-29T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=26249"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:14:44","slug":"newly-appointed-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-boldly-declares-christian-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2025\/01\/newly-appointed-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-boldly-declares-christian-faith","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio Boldly Declares Christian Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26252\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2025\/01\/mraco-rubio_credit-Maxim-Elramsisy-Shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26252\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2025\/01\/mraco-rubio_credit-Maxim-Elramsisy-Shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxim Elramsisy \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is making news for being sworn in as our nation&#8217;s newest and 72nd Secretary of State and for a bold and public declaration of his Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,&#8221; said Rubio. &#8220;That is truly the singular purpose of our lives. It&#8217;s the most important priority. It&#8217;s the only thing that will matter when we take our last breath on this Earth. But this is an extraordinary opportunity that would not have been possible without God&#8217;s blessings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxFKtPNPSmo?si=ma4FMd1AX09E6TSM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The new U.S. Secretary of State has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2016\/01\/marco-rubios-crisis-of-faith-213553\/\">a diverse religious background<\/a>. Rubio, the child of two Cuban immigrants, was baptized as an infant in the Catholic Church. Later, he attended services with his mother at a Nevada Church of Jesus Christ for the Latter-day Saints, where he was also baptized at age 8.<\/p>\n<p>In his adult years, Rubio and his wife, former Miami Dolphins cheerleader Jeanette Christina Dousdebes Rubio, would attend a Southern Baptist church in Miami that richly connected him as an evangelical believer in the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio, 53, was sworn in by newly inaugurated Vice President J.D. Vance. The two met in the U.S. Senate and have strong feelings about each other. Vance says Rubio is &#8220;one of his favorite people in Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He grew up in very humble beginnings, but he has an incredibly deep love of our nation,&#8221; the Vice President said about Secretary Rubio during his swearing-in ceremony. &#8220;He is a bipartisan solutions seeker, a guy who can actually get things done, but a conservative of great principle and great vision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former senator was President Trump&#8217;s first Cabinet nominee to be confirmed, who was confirmed by a vote of 99-0. He is now the nation&#8217;s first Latino to serve as Secretary of State. Before his confirmation, Rubio served on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees for the past 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump has given me a clear direction to place our core national interest as the guiding mission of American foreign policy,&#8221; Rubio said, reiterating Trump&#8217;s inauguration address underscoring the &#8216;promotion of peace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety, and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/remarks\/2025\/01\/the-inaugural-address\/\">President said<\/a> on January 20. &#8220;My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As part of Rubio&#8217;s navigation in this office, the Secretary of State cited three simple but strong points from which to guide &#8220;every dollar [we] spend, every program [we] fund.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Does it make America safer?<\/li>\n<li>Does it make America stronger?<\/li>\n<li>Does it make America more prosperous?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Most recently, Rubio was one of the most serious contenders for the GOP bid against President Trump. Following the RNC vote to confirm Donald Trump as the party&#8217;s candidate, Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2024\/07\/07\/sotu-rubio-on-abortion.cnn\">voiced<\/a> his unyielding support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is making news for being sworn in as our nation&#8217;s newest and 72nd Secretary of State and for a bold and public declaration of his Christian faith. &#8220;I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,&#8221; said Rubio. &#8220;That is truly the singular&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":26252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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