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Leonardo DiCaprio Meets Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (CBS) --  Actor Leonardo DiCaprio can now check one more thing off his bucket list. He has officially met Pope Francis.

DiCaprio went to the Vatican to talk about the environment and climate change.

The pope presented DiCaprio with two encyclicals, including one on the environment, as well as a set of rosaries.

DiCaprio gave the pope a book of paintings, which includes one that hung above his crib as a child.

The actor also reportedly spoke some Italian with the Pontiff.

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