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Joe Biden said Pope Francis told him during their one-on-one meeting this morning that he should keep receiving communion, amid some Catholic leaders' criticism of the president's views on abortion.

At the start of Biden's meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, a reporter asked the president whether abortion came up during his discussion with the pope.