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Pope Francis to meet with Biden, Zelenskyy and other world leaders at G-7 summit

Pope Francis will be the first pope to take part in G-7 discussions

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  • Pope Francis is set to meet to attend the Group of 7 (G-7) summit in Italy on June 14, 2024, where he will participate in talks about artificial intelligence.
  • The Pope is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with President Biden among numerous other world leaders.
  • Pope Francis would be the first pope to take part in G-7 discussions.

Pope Francis will meet with the leaders of the United States, Ukraine, France and India on the sidelines of the Group of 7 (G-7) summit in Italy's Borgo Egnazia, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Francis, who in January warned against the "perverse" dangers of artificial intelligence, is due to take part in leaders' talks on the new technology on Friday.

He is the first pope to take part in G-7 discussions.

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The Pope squints in the sun at the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis is seen at the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 12, 2024. The Pope is set to participate in G-7 talks on artificial intelligence on June 14, 2024. (Reuters/Ciro De Luca/File Photo)

Issuing a program for his one-day appearance, the Vatican said Francis would have a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, a fellow Catholic.

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The Vatican said he would also have one-on-one meetings with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, France's Emmanuel Macron, India's Narendra Modi, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Canada's Justin Trudeau, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kenya's William Ruto, Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva.