AP: Some notable moments between popes and US presidents

[Omaha Steve]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI talk at the Vatican on July 2, 1963. Kennedy's meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: the first Roman Catholic president of the United States was seeing the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after his coronation. Kennedy — who struggled against anti-Catholic bias during his presidential campaign — only shook hands with the pope rather than kissing his ring, as is the usual practice for Catholics.

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POSTED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 9:45 AM
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Some notable moments in the nearly 100-year history of meetings between the pope and American presidents:
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Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson and Pope Benedict XV held the first meeting at the Vatican on Jan. 4, 1919, after World War I.
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John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy's 1963 meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: The first Roman Catholic president of the United States saw the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after the pope's coronation. Kennedy, who struggled against anti-Catholic bias during his presidential campaign, only shook hands with the pope rather than kissing his ring, the usual practice for Catholics.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Pope Paul VI's trip to New York in October 1965 presented protocol problems. President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to see him, but the pontiff was chief of a state not officially recognized by the U.S. The solution: Johnson flew to New York for dinner at the apartment of his friend Arthur Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the pontiff was welcomed to Johnson's suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the next day.
Johnson had a penchant for somewhat odd papal presents. At that 1965 meeting, his gifts to Paul included a silver-framed, autographed photograph of himself. At their next meeting two years later at the Vatican, Johnson presented the pontiff with a foot-high bust of himself.

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[MisterP]

1. "Johnson presented the pontiff with a foot-high bust of himself" what part of himself?

[Omaha Steve]

2. LBJ’s “Unique” Gift to Pope Paul VI

http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/post/83763201652/lbjs-unique-gift-to-pope-paul-vi