A small group of political and religious leaders from the United States, including Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, met privately with Pope Francis at the Vatican today.
Part of a multi-day non-official visit to Italy to promote ecumenical prayer and interfaith understanding, Lee was joined in the private audience by former U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne; Lakewood Church pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen; Newport Beach, California pastor and author Tim Timmons; and Gayle D. Beebe, president of Westmont College, an evangelical school in Santa Barbara, California.
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