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PHOTOS: Popes and U.S. Presidents

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
President Jimmy Carter with Pope John Paul II.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush applaud as Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges being sung happy birthday by the thousands of guests (Wednesday, April 16, 2008.)
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the Pope-mobile as he passes the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue (Wednesday, April 16, 2008, following a welcoming ceremony in his honor.)
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets Pope Paul Vl (Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, New York. 10/4/1965)
President Reagan with Pope John Paul II at Fairbanks airport in Fairbank, Alaska (5/2/84)
President Reagan meeting with Pope John Paul II in Fairbanks, Alaska (5/2/84)
President Reagan and Nancy Reagan talking to Pope John Paul II at the Vizcaya museum in Miami, Florida (9/10/87)
President Obama's visit at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis (March, 2014)
President Obama's visit at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis (March, 2014)
President Obama's visit at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis (March, 2014)
President Obama's visit at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis (March, 2014)
President Reagan talking to Pope John Paul II at the Vizcaya museum in Miami, Florida (9/10/87)
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President Jimmy Carter with Pope John Paul II.

Images of U.S. Presidents meeting the Pontiff.

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