You are aware, aren’t you, that the Vatican is a city/state of itself.
The president of the U. S. receives foreign dignataries. That is all the Pope is doing.
Yes, Salvation, I’m aware. Yet, I’m also aware that the Papacy is even more than a city/state of itself.
Are you aware of this fact:
“In 1904 Theodor Herzl requested Pope Pius X’s support for Zionism and the return of the Jewish people to their homeland. In response, the Pope said: ‘I cannot support you, as you have rejected Jesus. If you go to the Holy Land, I will gladly open our church doors so the priests can baptize you as Christians.’”
Now Pope Pius X is a recognized saint of the Catholic Church. Has Pope Francis spoken to non-Catholics as St. Piux X has?
Did St. Pius X wish the Ottoman Turks, “Happy Ramadan” as they committed genocide against the Armenians? Is Pope Francis wishing muslims “Happy Ramadan as they butcher Coptics in Egypt? Do you see the “hermeneutic of continuity”?