The Pres met the press today.

Barack Obama sat down with several members of the Catholic media — Your Humble Blogger, I should note, was inexplicably not on the guest list — in advance of next week’s trip to Italy, where he’ll meet the pontiff.

The National Catholic Register is a complete write up. Fr. Drew Christiansen, editor of America, was also there, and filed this report.

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