Biden visits Pope Francis amid political controversy over communion
by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
Oct 29, 2021
4 minutes
ROME — Throughout President Joe Biden's life, his religion has been a refuge. He fingers a rosary during moments of stress and often attends Mass at the church in Delaware where his son Beau is buried.
But as Biden and Pope Francis prepared for a tete-a-tete Friday at the Vatican — the president's first stop while traveling in Europe for two international summits — both the flocks they lead, the American people and the Roman Catholic Church, are beset by divisions and contradictions that at times seem irreconcilable.
"They preside over fractured communities," said Massimo Faggioli, a theology professor at Villanova University who wrote a book about Biden and Catholicism. "They face situations
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