Posted on 06/10/2015 12:52:44 PM PDT by Altenkrug
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. Putin and Francis spoke privately for about 50 minutes before exchanging gifts and making brief remarks in front of reporters present for the event. The meeting, Putin’s second with the pontiff, came as one U.S. diplomat said he hoped the Vatican might use the occasion to “continue to express its concern” about Russia’s recent actions, “particularly about what’s happening in Ukraine.” After their discussions, Putin gave the pope a gold-thread embroidered portrait of the Russian Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which was destroyed in the Soviet era and rebuilt in the 1990s. The pontiff gave Putin a medallion representing an angel, a gift he has given to several world leaders. Putin, known for a certain tardiness in his appearances, arrived more than an hour late for the meeting with Francis. He was flying in from the northern Italian city of Milan, where he was celebrating his country’s national day at an ongoing world’s fair called the Expo.
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That’s quite a gift.
Obama gave the pope vegetable seeds.
Obama gave the Queen of England an iPod with his speeches on it, and to the Prime Minister, gave a DVD set of American movies.
Classy.
Po Ping
PFL
Seems like dictators always arrive late, it is normal to arrive late encase there is a bomb waiting for them. Bambi does this often.
...Peter the Roman meeting the ‘anti-christ’...??????
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