Joe Biden Calls Pope Francis "Most Significant Warrior Of Peace"
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The president hailed the pontiff as "the most significant warrior of peace I have ever met", in a meeting at the Vatican lasting more than an hour.
US President Joe Biden, only the second Catholic to hold his office, had a private audience with Pope Francis on Friday at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting US international credentials.
The president hailed the pontiff as "the most significant warrior of peace I have ever met", in a meeting at the Vatican lasting more than an hour -- longer than his two predecessors were given.
It was closed to the media but footage released by the Vatican showed a good-humoured gathering full of smiles, with Biden at points visibly moved, and elsewhere telling the pope "God love ya".
He gave the pontiff a presidential coin recalling the regiment in which his son Beau Biden, who died from cancer in 2015, had served, saying: "I know my son would want me to give this to you."
