Pope Benedict XVI underwent a procedure under local anesthesia to repair a fractured right wrist.
In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
The Catholic social tradition, President Obama said, still impresses me, and it can be a powerful force still in American society.
Catholic bishops from Spain's Basque region kept quiet about the killing of priests by right-wing forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor took on detailed questions about court cases both famous and arcane.
Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis, said Pope Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate.
The Group of Eight nations have pledged $20 billion to combat global hunger through greater support of agriculture