Posted on 10/02/2015 3:38:00 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The Vatican on Friday distanced Pope Francis from Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, saying she was one of dozens of people the pope greeted in the U.S. and that their meeting "should not be considered a form of support of her position."
....Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Francis met with "several dozen" people at the Vatican's embassy just before leaving Washington for New York.
Lombardi said such meetings are par for the course of any Vatican trip and are due to the pope's "kindness and availability." He said the pope only really had one "audience" in Washington: with former students and his family members.
"The pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects," Lombardi said.
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I suppose we can say that the Pope meeting with B Hussein Obama need not indicate support for Obama, then, right?
News of the audience sent shockwaves through the U.S. church, with Davis' supporters saying it showed the pope backed her cause and opponents questioning whether the pope had been duped into meeting with her and truly knew the details of her case.
So this genius of a Pope, according to the left, got DUPED.
But B Hussein Obama hasn't been DUPED, eh, media?
This statement wouldn’t have been issued without the Pope’s approval. So in order to placate the gay mafia, he’s backing down on one of the two good things he did here.
Then what was it?
I think I've discovered your problem.
“Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis not a form of support, Vatican says”
Yeah, Im sure Kim approved, initiated, arranged the meeting with Dear Pope. What a fricking coward this Pope is, amongst other things.
Mr. niteowl77
The pope is a jackass!
What a bunch of sniveling weasels.
This pope is to be ignored.
I am Catholic. And for the sake of the Catholic Church,
this pope is to be ignored. He is totally manipulated by evil forces.
Just wait for the Synod report.
When your supposed leaders won’t lead, the troops get rather upset.
I wouldn't assume this at all.
Among serious Catholics, it's no secret that the Vatican bureaucracy is filled with men -- even Cardinals -- who don't even believe in God.
I would take any public statements that come out of the Vatican with a huge grain of salt. Better yet -- I'd be inclined to ignore them.
This guy is an embarrassment.
“should not be considered a form of support of her position.”
Well, there you go. The Vatican is to chickensh$t to
come out and show support for people who stand up for
freedom of religion and who oppose the intolerant,
anti religious, homosexual agenda. They must be in
on it.
I was holding my breath before this pope saw fit to make it clear that he wasn’t supporting a Christian practicing civil disobedience before going against God’s Word on what marriage is. I bet he wouldn’t feel the need to clarify his support of “sanctuary cities”, which are a violation of federal law that’s been going on for years.
Right, but decades of sanctuary cities for illegal aliens, in violation of federal law, that’s OK.
Wow. Again too cowardly to stand up for what is right and just. Cow to the left when you are left. Absolutely pathetic!
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