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“Obama will then travel to Brussels for a meeting with presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, and will also hold meetings with Belgian government officials and with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
While in Italy, Obama will also meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Vatican last week, paving the way for Obama’s visit. Kerry did not meet with the pope, but instead discussed the Syrian civil war and health care reform with his Vatican counterpart, Archbishop Pietro Parolin.
While meeting with the Vatican’s secretary of state, Kerry let slip that a meeting between Obama and the pope was forthcoming.
“I know that the Holy Father is anticipating the visit of President Obama here, and the president is looking forward to coming here to meet him,” he said.
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited the Vatican in 2009 to meet with Pope Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. “
And the Church and the World survived. It will this time too.