Joe Biden to meet Pope in final foreign trip as U.S. President

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ROME – The White House has announced that United States President Joe Biden will visit Italy in January, where he will meet with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to discuss global peace efforts and various international challenges.

In its Dec. 19 statement, the White House said Biden, who will step down Jan. 20, when Donald Trump is inaugurated to his second term in office, will travel to Rome from Jan. 9-12 to meet separately with the pope, Meloni, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

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