The summit is set for July 18-21. In 1994, when the G-8 summit was held in Naples, the then U.S. president, Bill Clinton, traveled to Rome and was received in audience by the Pope.
Bush Might Visit John Paul II in July
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 6, 2001 (Zenit.org).- U.S. President George W. Bush might visit John Paul II in the Vatican, when the American leader travels to Italy for the G-8 summit in Genoa next month.