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Biden arrives for Pope Francis meeting at the Vatican where climate, not abortion, will be big topic
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President Biden arrived at the Vatican Friday for a meeting with Pope Francis, a key part of his trip to Italy for the G20, to discuss climate change, COVID-19 and caring for the poor amid Catholic scrutiny of the president's pro-abortion rights policies.
"It's good to be back," Biden, traveling with first lady Jill Biden, said as he arrived Friday.
The president has met Pope Francis several times before their meeting Friday – including in September 2015, when the pope attended the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia and at the Vatican in 2016, when then-Vice President Biden participated in a regenerative medicine summit.
Biden is the first Catholic president in more than 50 years. President John F. Kennedy Jr. was the last Catholic president.