Biden gives bizarre answer on abortion after meeting with pope, says Francis 'happy' he's a 'good Catholic'

President Joe Biden delivered a perplexing answer Friday about whether he and Pope Francis discussed abortion during their 90-minute meeting at the Vatican.

“No, it didn’t. It came up," Biden told reporters when asked if "the issue of abortion [came] up at all" during his meeting with the pope. "We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic, and I should keep receiving communion."

Biden's pro-abortion rights stance has rattled some Catholics in the United States, including 168 bishops who sought to block the president from receiving communion. The Vatican shot down that suggestion in June, though Pope Francis has not publicly commented on the subject.

U.S. reporters, photographers, and television crews traveling with the president were barred from his meeting with the pope, and the Vatican supplied a heavily edited video recapping the event. Senior administration officials characterized the meeting as lighthearted.