Pope John Paul II and President Bush talk during their first meeting at the Pontiff’s summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome Monday, July 23, 2001. Bush is in Italy for a two-day state visit. The Pope urged President Bush to bar the creation of human embryos for research, saying Monday that America has a moral responsibility to reject actions that “devalue and violate human life.” (AP Photo/Paolo Cocco, POOL)
