FILE – In this Oct. 4, 1965, file photo Pope Paul VI, left, and President Lyndon B. Johnson are seen during the Pontiff’s visit to New York. The trip presented protocol problems. Johnson wanted to see him, but the pontiff was a chief of a state not officially recognized by the U.S. The solution: Johnson flew to New York for dinner at the apartment of his friend Arthur Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the pontiff was welcomed to Johnson’s suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the next day. President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Biden is only the second Catholic president in U.S. history. (AP Photo, File) LaPresse Only italy
