Posted on 10/21/2013 1:25:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not be meeting with Pope Francis during his visit to Rome on Wednesday, a diplomatic source told AFP on Sunday.
A statement last week from Netanyahu’s office had said he would be “meeting Pope Francis next Wednesday at the Vatican” and with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for updates on nuclear talks with Iran and negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
A diplomatic source on Sunday told AFP, however, that no such meeting with Pope Francis will be taking place. The source noted that audiences with the Pope must be arranged sufficiently in advance. …
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Rubbish. You’re abusing Holy Scripture for a political purpose.
“This Catholic wants to know.”
Good luck with that
U mad bro?
I’ll see your strawman and raise you an invective.
... American Liberal *CATHOLIC* ... I left off the Catholic part.
Flit off.
Leni
So once again, tell how “liberal” Francis is.
…Senior officials in Jerusalem said that when the Prime Minister's Office made the announcement last Wednesday of the supposed meeting, no actual meeting had been set.
The Vatican found out from media outlets about Netanyahu's arrival in Rome and that an apparent meeting was scheduled. In recent days the PMO has scrambled to avoid the embarrassment and somehow find a way to make the meeting to take place.
The issue even reached National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror, who exerted heavy pressure on foreign minister director general Raphael Barak and Israel's ambassador to the Vatican Zion Evrony.
Netanyahu's office even tried to go around the foreign ministry and Evrony and reach the Vatican another route, but to no avail. On Sunday, the Vatican officially informed the Israeli ambassador that Netanyahu would not meet with the Pope.
The Italian press, including the Catholic Press, is not saying much at all. For example, from Corriere Della Sera:
E' stato rinviato l'incontro fra Papa Francesco e Benyamin Netanyahu, che doveva avvenire durante la visita a Roma del premier israeliano. Lo hanno detto all'ANSA fonti politiche in Israele. Le fonti hanno precisato che l'incontro con il Pontefice avra' comunque luogo 'in un'altra data'. Sulle motivazioni del rinvio non sono state fornite per ora spiegazioni. Confermati invece gli incontri di a Roma con Enrico Letta, martedi', e con il segretario di Stato Usa John Kerry, mercoledi'.
Quick and dirty summary: sources say the meeting was postponed but will be scheduled at some (undetermined) date in the future.
What does O'Malley think? It could have been a snub, but that isn't his style. And you can't reasonably attribute some anti-Semitic rationale to this, as Begoglio has ALWAYS had a good relationship with the Jewish people in Buenos Aires...and, so far, in Rome.
But, hey, if you want to be offended, by all means have at it. There is too little information here for me to render any kind of a judgement one way or the other. The source that lines up with Likud is reporting that Netanyahu is offended..and states that as a fact. The source that lines up with Labor is reporting that Netanyahu made a huge faux pas. Big surprise there. The Vatican isn't going to say anything about it, particularly if Bibi was responsible...as they wouldn't want to embarrass him. The secular Italian press is treating it as a non-event (and, believe me, some of the Italian papers would love nothing better than to embarrass the Vatican).
So, you decide.
Thanks very much for your detailed reply, markomalley.
God bless and keep you.
I knew a Leni from Philadelphia, PA. He was a poker dealer.
You’re probably not him, but just in case.
o7 Leni
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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A brouha about nothing.
Thanks Olog-hai.
Palestinian President to Pope: I hope to sign a peace agreement with Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3080248/posts
PM headed to Rome for meetings with pope, John Kerry (Netanyahu - Israel)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3079927/posts
This Pope is a catastrophe for the Catholic Church, for Christianity, and for Western Civilization. He is manifestly unfit to stand in the shoes of the Fisherman. He IS Petrus Romanus.
Outstanding post.
Hey, that sounds like purgatory. Is Bibi in purgatory? ;O)
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