Washington DC – Vice President Biden will lead the U.S. delegation to the installation of Pope Francis, an administration official confirmed to The Washington Examiner.

The ceremony is expected to take place in Rome on Tuesday. Biden is both the highest-ranking Catholic official in the United States and the first-ever Catholic vice president. (link)

Pope Francis (2007) No Communion For Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians  

[T]he document, which the new Pope presented on behalf of his colleagues at the time and signed of on, referred to abortion and communion, said:

“we should commit ourselves to ‘eucharistic coherence’, that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive holy communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortion, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.”

Archbishop Bergoglio said then that “the most mentioned word in the Aparecida Document is ‘life’, because the Church is very conscious of the fact that the cheapest thing in Latin America, the thing with the lowest price, is life.”  (link)