President Obama’s March visit confirmed by Vatican

Last updated on: January 21, 2014 at 4:30 pm by CNA Daily News

President Obama’s March visit confirmed by Vatican 2014-01-21T16:30:00+00:00 CNA Daily News

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Vatican City, Jan 21, 2014 / 09:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi has confirmed that in March of this year President Barack Obama during a European trip will stop in Rome where he is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis.

As the final part of President Obama's visit to Europe – during which he will travel to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy – the Pope and the president will meet on March 27, Fr. Lombardi told CNA Jan. 21.

In a statement Tuesday by press secretary Jay Carney, the White House announced that the President “looks forward to discussing with Pope Francis their shared commitment to fighting poverty and growing inequality.”

While in Rome, President Obama will also meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta.

Before coming to Italy, the president will go to the Netherlands from March 24-25, where he “will participate in the Nuclear Security Summit,” Carney revealed, which is to be hosted by the Dutch government.

In addition to the summit, “where world leaders will highlight progress made to secure nuclear materials and commit to future steps to prevent nuclear terrorism,” President Obama is slated to participate in other “bilateral events” with Dutch officials.

After the Netherlands the president will continue on to Brussels for a March 26 U.S. and EU Summit with the Presidents of both the European Council and the European Commission, which, Carney stated, “will be President Obama’s first visit to the EU institutions.”

While in Belgium, the president will also hold bilateral events with Belgian Government officials and with the NATO Secretary General.

President Obama previously visited the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in order to meet with retired pontiff Benedict XVI, as part of a July 8-10 for a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in the town of L'Aquila, east of Rome, that had been ravaged by an earthquake shortly before.

The White House has stated that there is no further information regarding President Obama’s meetings at the moment, but that more “details will be provided at a later time.”

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