The Washington Post: Pope Francis’s chartered Alitalia jet landed at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday afternoon, with Vatican and American flags flying. The pope alighted from the plane to cheers under cloudy skies and a steady breeze that lifted the black robes of the awaiting bishops and kept the flags rippling.
Waiting for Francis: President Obama, who rarely greets arriving foreign dignitaries on the runway, where a red carpet had been rolled out Tuesday, just minutes before the plane touched down slightly ahead of schedule.
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