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U.S. presidents and popes at the Vatican (CNS photos)

How does a meeting between a pope and president happen?

Biden's visit to the Vatican will be only the second time in history that a sitting U.S. president who is Catholic has met with the pope. But the centuries-old Vatican diplomatic corps has such VIP meetings "down to a science."

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, then prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, at the Vatican Dec. 16, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media)
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