<page_title> List of meetings between the Pope and the President of the United States </page_title> <section_title> The meetings </section_title> <table> <cell> October 6, 1979 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jimmy Carter <col_header> President of the United States </col_header> </cell> <cell> Pope John Paul II <col_header> Pope </col_header> </cell> <cell> First visit to the White House by a reigning Pope. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in October 1979, where Jimmy Carter was the President.