of you know catholic bish on, some of them back here in the united states say mr. biden should be denied communion because he supports abortion rights. the president said abortion didn t come up at all with the meeting with the pope. the two focused instead on shared goals like fighting poverty, the climate crisis and getting covid vaccines and other relief to corners of the globe that are often forgotten. let s discuss with jonathan marritt who joins us now. grateful for your time. let s start with the personal. america s second catholic president. we see joe biden go to church every weekend. there has been that dustup about should he receive communion? conservative u.s. bishops essentially want to call him out on that. listen to what the president s take on what the pope told him about that. mr. president, did the issue of abortion come up at all? no, it didn t. he talked about the fact that i was a good catholic. he said you re receiving