Pope and Argentine president 'talk finance' in private at Vatican

Pope Francis talks with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during a private audience at the Vatican September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Argentine president Cristina Fernandez visited Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, where she said the compatriots talked about the global financial system and Argentina's economy over lunch.

She and Francis, who have met several times since his election as pope, had tense relations when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, often clashing over the government's social policies.