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• Dec. 6, 1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Pope John XXIII at the Vatican.
• Sept. 28, 1970: President Richard Nixon talks with Pope Paul VI as they meet at the Vatican.
• Sept. 10, 1987: President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Pope John Paul II on the podium at Miami International Airport, Fla.
• July 3, 1963: President Kennedy talks with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
• May 27, 1989: President George H.W. Bush, stands with Pope John Paul II in the papal library at the Vatican.
• Oct. 6, 1979: President Jimmy Carter talks with Pope John Paul II at the White House in Washington, D.c.
• June 4, 2004: President Bush is greeted by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
• July 2, 1963: President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI talk at the Vatican.
• Oct. 4, 1965: Pope Paul VI, left, and President Lyndon B. Johnson during the pontiff's visit to New York.
• April 13, 2008: Pope Benedict XVI asks the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray for the success of his upcoming U.S. trip.