Christ met with tax collectors and whores. What's up with that?
“Christ met with tax collectors and whores.
You are correct. The current and previous popes have in fact met with US politicians.
Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II, Vatican, June 2, 1994
Jimmy Carter and Pope John Paul II, Vatican, June 21, 1980
Lyndon Johnson and Pope Paul VI, Vatican, Dec. 23, 1967
John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI, Vatican, July 2, 1963
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