The president s upcoming visit to rome and whether or not he would have an audience with this pope. i pointed out something that is a part of modern history when president eisenhower had an audience of pope xxiii. you pointed out that sources in the administration said this is very unlikely to happen and that for the first time since nearly 60 years ago, the president would not have an audience with the pope. why? so right now at this time obviously we had a difficult schedule in sicily. if we have updates on the schedule, i m sure we ll let you know about any additional stops. are you in touch with the holy sea about ....