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Pope Francis greets then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden after both spoke at a conference on adult stem cell research at the Vatican April 29, 2016. In a recent interview, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican ambassador to the U.S., said he is helping the Holy See prepare for Biden's first presidential visit to the Vatican, sometime during an Oct. 30-31 Rome summit of leading rich and developed nations. "It would be an anomaly if he did not meet the pope while in Rome," especially since Biden is the first Catholic president in 58 years, the nuncio said. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
By Victor Gaetan, CNS, October 11, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the 75-year-old apostolic nuncio to the United States, said when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Sept. 6, the pope asked him to remain in his post instead of retiring.
“He asked me to stay, so I stay as long as he wants. And I am happy to do so,” the archbishop told Catholic News Service.
At the top of the nuncio’s to-do list is helping the Holy See prepare for Joe Biden’s first presidential visit to the Vatican, while the president is in Rome for an Oct. 30-31 summit of leading rich and developed nations. …
