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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi welcomed leaders from the world’s 20 richest economies on Oct. 30, ahead of a key two-day summit in Rome. (Reuters)
By Chico Harlan,
Seung Min Kim,
Annie Linskey and
Jeff Stein
Today at 2:00 a.m. EDT|Updated today at 1:07 p.m. EDT
Before a formal dinner among the Group of 20 leaders, President Biden attended a Saturday Vigil Mass at a church near the U.S. Embassy in Rome.
Here’s what to know
- This is the first in-person summit of leaders from the G-20 economies in two years.
- The G-20 has formally endorsed a new global minimum tax designed to prevent big companies from shifting profits to low-tax countries.
- The summit is noteworthy for its absences. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are not attending in person.
On Monday, leaders will travel from Rome to Glasgow, Scotland, for the far bigger United Nations climate conference known as COP26.
Biden attends Mass in Rome
By Chico Harlan1:07 p.m.
President Joe Biden walks out of St. Patrick’s Church after attending Mass in Rome on Oct. 30. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Before a formal dinner of the G-20 leaders, President Biden attended a Saturday Vigil Mass at a church in Rome near the U.S. Embassy.
Biden is a regular churchgoer, but his attendance Saturday drew increased attention, coming one day after he met with Pope Francis. After that meeting, Biden told reporters that the pontiff had called him a “good Catholic” and said he should continue to receive Communion.
The Vatican did not provide its own version of events about that aspect of the meeting between Francis and Biden. But Biden’s comments were enough to cause outcry among U.S. Catholic conservatives, some of whom have argued that the president should be barred from the holy sacrament because of his support of abortion rights.
Biden was attending Mass at St. Patrick’s Church, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited several weeks ago after her own meeting with the pontiff. In Pelosi’s case, she was forced to leave Mass early because of encroaching protesters rallying against Italy’s mandating a coronavirus vaccination pass for all workers.
Before a formal dinner of the G-20 leaders, President Biden attended a Saturday Vigil Mass at a church in Rome near the U.S. Embassy.
Biden is a regular churchgoer, but his attendance Saturday drew increased attention, coming one day after he met with Pope Francis. After that meeting, Biden told reporters that the pontiff had called him a “good Catholic” and said he should continue to receive Communion.
The Vatican did not provide its own version of events about that aspect of the meeting between Francis and Biden. But Biden’s comments were enough to cause outcry among U.S. Catholic conservatives, some of whom have argued that the president should be barred from the holy sacrament because of his support of abortion rights.
Biden was attending Mass at St. Patrick’s Church, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited several weeks ago after her own meeting with the pontiff. In Pelosi’s case, she was forced to leave Mass early because of encroaching protesters rallying against Italy’s mandating a coronavirus vaccination pass for all workers.
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