US media barred from Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis

Published October 29, 2021 1:35pm ET



President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Friday morning, but U.S. media traveling with the president were not granted access to the event.

The Vatican additionally canceled the live broadcast, a decision protested by the White House Correspondents’ Association, and the reporters, photographers, and television crews traveling with the president on his second European trip were barred from participating. The Vatican did provide a handful of photos of the visit and a heavily edited video of Biden and first lady Jill Biden touring the facilities.

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