US Vice President Joe Biden (C) is flanked by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (R) as he arrives to attend a special audience celebrates by Pope Francis with participants at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact in the WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will strike another historic milestone when he’s sworn in as the nation’s second Catholic president on Wednesday.READ MORE: A look back at significant inaugurations throughout U.S.
historyThe last time a Catholic president sat in the White House was 1961 when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the first.Kennedy was known to celebrate Mass at St.