Obama arrives at Vatican for meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, wife and daughters to join him

Obama at Vatican to meet with Pope Benedict XVI

VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama has arrived at the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI.

Obama’s motorcade arrived at the Holy See on Friday, greeted by Swiss Guards in their colorful uniforms. Several hundred people lined the broad avenue leading to St. Peter’s Square.

Obama waved at the crowds as he headed toward the papal palace.

He first met with Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state.