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Jokin’ with the Pope

Pope Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama share a laugh while exchanging gifts before a private audience on Thursday at the Vatican. The meeting at the Vatican comes as a welcome rest-stop for Obama during a six-day European tour dominated by the crisis over Crimea, and the U.S. leader will doubtless be hoping some of the pope’s overwhelming popularity will rub off on him.

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