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president, has met Francis three previous times, but this will be his first as president. Bruni didn’t say why the Vatican had originally announced fuller live coverage only to dial it back on the eve of the visit.īiden, the second Catholic U.S. The Vatican said it would provide edited footage of the encounter after the fact to accredited media. That protocol also has meant an 18-month ban on any independent media being in the room for the beginning and end of the audience, as would normally be the case for a visiting head of state.Ĭancelled was the live coverage of Biden actually greeting Francis in the palace Throne Room, as well as the live footage of the two men sitting down to begin their private talks in Francis’ library, at which time the cameras would have stopped running. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the revised plan reflected the “normal procedure” established during the coronavirus pandemic for all visiting heads of state or government. The live broadcast of Biden’s Friday visit was trimmed to cover just the arrival of the president’s motorcade in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace. President Joe Biden meeting Pope Francis, the latest restriction to media coverage of the Holy See that sparked complaints from White House- and Vatican-accredited journalists. ROME (AP) - The Vatican on Thursday abruptly canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S.

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