President Joe Biden has canceled a trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so he can instead focus on federal response to the rapidly moving wildfires that are tearing through the Los Angeles area, the White House said Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Wednesday that Biden made the decision after he returned to Washington from a trip to Los Angeles to meet with law enforcement, fire and emergency personnel who are battling the fires.
The Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night.
