those on the far right who question biden's fate. i think he's not really a catholic where there is something they should be questioning about his catholicism. but nobody is really even debating anymore whether or not the pope is secretly pulling the strings when it comes to how the u.s. is covered. for his part, president biden has not had to tiptoe around the fact that he's catholic. he regularly attends mass. he's met with three different popes over the course of his political career. in fact, he's apparently felt so comfortable with all the various pontiffs that he famously told pope francis predecessor, co-benedict to his face, that who's been quote, entirely too hard on the american nuns. after the under pope benedict criticize various female religious orders for their activism when it keep to issues like poverty. you have to be comfortable enough for the pope to tell him hey, mr. infallible, i've got a bone to pick with you. so today's visit was not particularly fraught for president biden. particularly because he is met with pope francis numerous times in the past. he even keeps a picture of one of their past meetings in the