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AS IT IS 2017-05-25 Trump Meets Pope Francis at Vatican

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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Pope Francis, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

U.S. President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday.


The two men shook hands at the start of their face-to-face meeting. The pope appeared serious. The president smiled.

 

“It’s a very great honor,” Trump said to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church after they were seated in the pope’s private study.

 

After the private meeting between the two men, they were joined briefly by Trump’s wife Melania and members of the U.S. delegation. That encounter included an exchange of gifts.

 

A Vatican statement said the pope had a “cordial” discussion with the U.S. president. The Vatican also said it hopes the two sides can work together on "health care, education and assistance to immigrants."

 

Earlier, reporters asked Pope Francis about his expectations for the meeting with Trump. The pope reacted by saying he “never, ever wanted to make a judgment without hearing the person.”

 

The two men had a clash of words last year when Trump, as a presidential candidate, spoke about his plan to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

 

The pope said anyone who thinks of building walls instead of bridges “is not Christian,” a comment that Trump called “disgraceful.”

 

The night before the meeting, a top Vatican official took to social media. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana noted that both the president and the pope are reaching out to the Islamic world to stop religious violence.

 

“One offers peace of dialogue, the other security of arms,” he said on Twitter. He appeared to be talking about the $110 billion weapons deal the U.S. president signed with Saudi Arabia days ago.

 

Later, the Trump administration described the discussion between the leaders in a statement. It said they both shared fundamental values “to promote human rights, combat human suffering and protect religious freedom.”

 

Opinions about the U.S. president’s visit on Wednesday were mixed on the streets of Rome. An American Catholic named Eva was happy that the meeting between Trump and the pope had even taken place.

 

“I think it's fabulous that the pope decided to meet with Trump.”

 

She also said she hoped the meeting gave the men the chance to make peace.

 

Near the official home of Italy’s president, a 19-year-old Canadian man named Daniel and his girlfriend talked about the bombing in Manchester, England. They also expressed fears of terrorism in Europe.

 

Daniel said he hoped Trump’s visit would help make Europe stronger.

 

“We hope he can bring some more stability because Europe has been quite unstable for the past year or so and even more than that. So we can hope he can bring more stability while also keeping things peaceful and not escalating things too much.”

 

Words in This Story

 

 

encounteradj. officially confirmed as real or true

 

cordial –adj. polite, pleasant, friendly

 

disgracefuladj. dishonorable

 

dialoguen. a discussion or exchange between people or two sides

 

fabulousadj. very or extremely good

 

escalate – v. to increase in number, amount of intensity

 

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