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List of meetings between the pope and the president of the United States
This is the list of meetings between the pope and the president of the United States.
The first meeting between a pope and an incumbentU.S. president took place in the aftermath of World War I, January , at the Vatican between Benedict XV and Woodrow Wilson.
Brad Miner looks at meetings that have taken place between popes and American presidents, some will surprise.Altogether, there have been 32 meetings between six popes and 14 U.S. presidents over the past century.
Meetings
| No. | Date | Site | City | Country | President | Pope | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 4, | Apostolic Palace[1] | Rome | Italy | Woodrow Wilson | Benedict XV | First meeting between the incumbent president of the United States and the reigning pope.
Occurred during President Wilson's participation in the Paris Peace Conference, the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to Europe. |
| 2 | December 6, | Vatican City[2] | Dwight D.
Eisenhower | John XXIII | |||
| 3 | July 2, | Vatican City[3] | John F. Kennedy | Paul VI | First
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