Posted on 06/19/2021 9:51:41 AM PDT by Marchmain
ROME – On Friday the U.S. State Department confirmed a European tour for United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week that will include stops in Italy and the Vatican, where he is expected to meet with top Holy See officials.
According to the State Department’s June 18 communique, Blinken’s tour will last from June 22-29. He will first visit Berlin and Paris before coming to Italy, making stops in Rome, the Vatican, Bari, and Matera.
While in Rome, he will co-chair a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS alongside Italian Foreign Minister Luigi De Maio, and he will also participate in a ministerial on Syria to discuss the country’s status and highlight the importance of addressing humanitarian needs amid Syria’s ongoing crisis.
Blinken will also visit Vatican City, where he is expected to meet with “senior Holy See officials” to discuss religious freedom and climate change.
It has not yet been confirmed whether those meetings will include an audience with Pope Francis.
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Blinken, who is Jewish, is married to a Catholic. He and his wife Evan Ryan – who holds degrees from Georgetown University and Boston College – were married in a bi-denominational ceremony at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., which was officiated by a rabbi and a priest.
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To play Devils Advocate?
Looks like He’s going to demand the Pope Reign in the USCCB.
That would destroy synodality.
Do they send diplomats to any other religion? It’s silly to pretend the Vatican is a nation. Thats only because of a deal with Mussolini in the 20s. We didn’t recognize it and send an ambassador until the Reagan era, and that was for Cold War reasons back when the pope was catholic and not a communist.
We need to get back to where it was before.
It seemed to me that the UCCCB just kicked the can down the road in a delaying tactic until they can get more votes by appointment or arm twisting.
A couple of Biden’s torpedoes will make sure the Poop is on the same page.
Interesting that he’s going to Matera, where years ago some artists’ big mouth drew the government in to throw poor people off their land “for their own good.” It must be a lot nicer now if elite bigwigs and politicians come to visit.
Bari is the Italian town that, early in Obama’s prexidency, gave an old Orthodox church and its surrounding structures to Russia’s Pootie-Poot.
Does Biden really care about getting communion all that much? He’s obviously not all that Catholic seeing as he’s married to a bimbo and supports faggot marriage and abortions.
Probably going to get his updated marching orders from NWO.
Bari was also home to a Bosnian terrorist cell at one time.
One reason many countries maintain diplomatic relations with Vatican City, is that since it is worldwide and has ambassador from many countries it is an excellent place to gather information and to pass on information. The US has had consular relations with the Holy See since 1797, there was a lapse of some years after the Civil War.
He needs it in order to pander to “barely Catholic” voters in an election year. Most importantly to him though, as a politician he doesn’t want it to be known if he is denied communion.
Thinly disguised personal benefit trip.
Joe SHOULD be denied communion but I’m sure he can always find some lefty priest who will let him partake.
Why not find a Borgia, to offer him a welcoming drink?
Bingo
10% about to go to the REAL Big Guy.
Outrageous. Filthy conniving Leftists sending their Mafia hitmen to intimidate the Pope?
Free will again. Sorry to be sour.
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