Biden says pope said to keep receiving communion amid abortion row
by Joanna Walters in New York and agencies from on (#5R9XN)
President coy when asked if abortion came up in Vatican meeting, as US Catholic bishops weigh whether to deny him the sacrament
Joe Biden said on Friday that Pope Francis told him he should keep receiving communion, after holding an unusually long meeting with him at the Vatican.
Asked if abortion came up in the talks, Biden said cryptically the pope told him he was happy he was a good Catholic.
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