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Bush meeting with Pope Benedict XVI confirmed
Apr 27, 2007, 11:03 GMT
Vatican City - US President George W Bush is scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on June 9, the US embassy to the Holy See confirmed in a statement Friday.
The US president plans to visit the pope after attending a June 8-10 Group of Eight summit in Germany.
The June 9 meeting will be the first between Bush and Joseph Ratzinger since the latter's April 2005 election as pope.
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