May 24 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and Pope Francis, two leaders who have been critical of each other, met at the Vatican for a private, half-hour conversation Wednesday.
For Trump, it was the start of the third leg of a nine-day trip to the Middle East and Europe in which he held talks with officials representing three major religions. Before arriving in Rome, Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Israel and the West Bank, and he's scheduled to attend a NATO meeting and a G20 summit over the weekend.