"The president’s meeting with Pope Francis will come at a delicate time for both leaders."

"Catholic nuns schooled Biden as a boy, and faith comforted him as an adult. Church for him is home. Now prominent voices in that extended Catholic family are telling him that he is, in important respects, unwelcome. Some conservative bishops don’t believe he should be allowed to receive the sacrament of Communion so long as he supports abortion rights. "