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In Biden's visit with the pope, a page from Reagan's playbook?

  • Written by Steven P. Millies, Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
In Biden's visit with the pope, a page from Reagan's playbook?Pope John Paul II met with President Ronald Reagan in Miami in 1987.AP Photo/Arturo Mari, File

President Joe Biden, who will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 29, is Catholic. The country’s’ first Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, visited the Vatican too. But meetings between U.S. presidents and popes have been a staple of...

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