Mike Pence to Pope Francis: you made me a hero
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, discussing the anti-abortion march in Washington and telling the pontiff,"You made me a hero" back home by granting him a private audience.
Before journalists were ushered out of the library, Pence told Francis:"I want to extend the warmest greeting on behalf of President Donald Trump, who so enjoyed his visit here.'' Trump had a private audience with Francis at the Vatican in 2017. The vice president's office also said the two talked about the crisis in Venezuela and displaced religious minorities in the Middle East.Francis has repeatedly cited the social and economic hardships in Venezuela, in his native continent of South America. He also has decried that Christian minorities in parts of the Middle East have been forced to flee fighting or persecution, including in Iraq and Syria.
Story continuesFrancis smiled warmly throughout the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of the audience. Pence presented the pope with a large, plain wooden cross made from a tree on the grounds of his official residence in Washington.
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