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Pope Francis poses with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, during a private audience at the Vatican May 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-TRUMP-MEET May 24, 2017.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
The Editors
How are church leaders and Vatican watchers responding to the highly anticipated visit?
Politics & SocietyVideo
America Video

In their first ever meeting, Pope Francis focused his message to Trump on peace.

Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jordan Denari Duffner
Until now, Islamophobia has been a cornerstone of the Trump presidency, and we should look for more than a momentary shift in rhetoric as evidence for meaningful change.
Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
FaithNews
Gerard O’Connell
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a private 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol.
In this photo taken May 19, 2017, a GPO worker stacks copies of "Analytical Perspectives Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2018" onto a pallet at the U.S. Government Publishing Office's (GPO) plant in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Clarke
The budget’s moral measure will be assessed by “how well it promotes the common good of all,” the bishops write.
U.S. President Donald Trump places a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.