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To: naturalman1975

Since your speculation is that this is the first time a Pope has ever met the wife of a Muslim King, how about when they meet the Muslim King or has that never happened before either?


116 posted on 08/31/2013 8:56:56 PM PDT by ansel12 (Obama-[obamacare] "used to be a Republican idea. There's a governor of Massachusetts who set it up.")
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To: ansel12

No, it’s not speculation.

Heads of State meeting other Heads of State is generally a significant news event, and are therefore reported. I have compared a list of all Queens of Islamic countries since approximately 1961* with list of Popes looking for such meetings. I have found none, except for this current meeting between Pope Frances and Queen Rania of Jordan, and one previous meeting between Pope Benedict and Queen Rania in 2009. I am confident there have been no other meetings between a Pope and any Queen of an Islamic nation, because they would have been reported and come up in the search I did.

Have Popes met Moslem Kings - yes, on numerous occasions. I’ve never seen any indication that any Pope bowed in such an encounter, but I would not be horrified if they had, nor would it breach protocol if they had. But there is a difference between the manners a gentleman is likely to show to a lady, and those that might show to another man.

*I used the 1961 date because it corresponds with the ‘modern’ period of diplomatic relations and protocols being defined under the Vienna Convention.


118 posted on 08/31/2013 9:40:49 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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