20th Century Presidential Visits to the Vatican

Jan. 4, 1919

Woodrow Wilson

Audience with Pope Benedict XV.

Dec. 6, 1959

Dwight Eisenhower

Audience with Pope John XXIII.

July 2, 1963

John F. Kennedy

Audience with Pope Paul VI.

Dec. 23, 1967

Lyndon B. Johnson

Audience with Pope Paul VI.

March 2, 1969

Richard Nixon

Audience with Pope Paul VI.

Sept. 28, 1970

Richard Nixon

Audience with Pope Paul VI.

June 3, 1975

Gerald Ford

Audience with Pope Paul VI.

June 21, 1980

Jimmy Carter

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

June 7, 1982

Ronald Reagan

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

June 6, 1987

Ronald Reagan

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

May 27, 1989

George H.W. Bush

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

Nov. 8, 1991

George H.W. Bush

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

June 2, 1994

Bill Clinton

Audience with Pope John Paul II.

—Source: U.S.

State Department

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