Finally president Donald Trump meet Pope Francis at vatican

Pope Francis has welcomed US President Donald Trump at the Vatican, in a meeting that comes against a backdrop of disagreements on a range of issues, including immigration, climate change and refugee policy.

The two men’s worldviews collided head-on early last year, when Francis was sharply critical of Trump’s election campaign pledge to build an impenetrable wall on the Mexican border and his declaration that the United States should turn away Muslim immigrants and refugees.

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian,” Francis said at the time. The pontiff has been a vocal advocate for immigrants and aiding refugees, particularly those fleeing the violence in Syria, deeming it both a “moral imperative” and “Christian duty” to help.

Trump hit back by calling Francis’s comments “disgraceful” for doubting his faith.

But despite their previous disagreements, Al Jazeera’s James Bays, reporting from Rome, said that many expect a “pretty standard meeting” between a head of state and the pontiff.