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    'We Can Use Peace,' President Trump Says After Exchanging Gifts With Pope

    The president made the remark after the pope presented him with a medallion featuring an olive branch. "I give this to you so that you can be an instrument of peace," the pope told him.
    by Sylvia Poggioli May 24, 2017 1 minute
    Pope Francis exchanges gifts with President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Vatican on Wednesday. / ALESSANDRA TARANTINO / Shutterstock.com

    During papal audiences with heads of state, the exchange of gifts comes after the private encounter and at the end of the event. It offers the press a chance to witness the body language of the two leaders and

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