Pope and Bush find common ground on abortion

The Pope opened the doors of his hilltop summer residence to President Bush today for their first meeting, a closed-door session underpinned by touchy issues of capital punishment and embryonic stem cell research.

Pope and Bush find common ground on abortion

The Pope opened the doors of his hilltop summer residence to President Bush today for their first meeting, a closed-door session underpinned by touchy issues of capital punishment and embryonic stem cell research.

First lady Laura Bush, a Methodist like her husband, and 19-year-old daughter Barbara followed old Catholic tradition and covered their hair with black lace mantillas for their papal audience at the lakeside Castel Gandolfo in the foothills south of Rome.

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