Posted on 06/15/2021 6:50:37 PM PDT by Marchmain
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis did not meet U.S. President Joe Biden today, June 15. Despite conservative media reports to the contrary, it does not appear the pope ever planned to do so.
Biden has been in Europe since June 9 for his first trip abroad as president, taking part in a summit of G7 leaders in Britain over the weekend before hosting meetings with NATO and European Union officials in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14-15.
During the afternoon on June 15, the president was due to travel to Geneva, Switzerland, for a hotly anticipated encounter the next day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
To hear the EWTN-owned Catholic News Agency tell it, Biden was to make a quick stopover in Rome to meet with Francis on the way from Brussels to Geneva. A few immediate problems with that story: Rome is not on the way to Geneva (it is about 550 miles further south). And there is no evidence to show that such a meeting was ever on the agenda.
CNA originally reported on the possibility of a Biden-Francis meeting on June 3, citing unnamed Vatican sources. The outlet doubled down on the story June 14, reporting in a piece without a named author that the meeting would be happening on June 15, but Francis had nixed plans to celebrate Mass with Biden, a Catholic.
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Biden would sniff the pachmama idol that frankie loves.
At least the headline got the little b in biden right.
That was my personal little touch.
“it does not appear the pope ever planned to do so”
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Different from the Vatican or biden admin denied.
National Catholic Reporter is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Just FYI. It’s where Fr. James LGBTQ Martin spews his bile.
Thank you.
“little b”
...I like it
It doesn't take any time for Bergoglio to meet with any homosexual, lesbian, or transsexual couple that writes him a letter.
I don’t think a meeting with the Pope is a high priority for Biden right now.
Surviving the G7 and Putin is Biden’s only concern right now.
Anyone think lately that it would be a great time for Brussels to be swallowed up by the earth?
Four years earlier, the same Bergoglio did not congratulate Trump until his inauguration.
I don’t think Putin is going to be reading from any flash cards.
They didn’t want everyone to see them desecrate the Blessed Sacrament together.
The pope providing Holy Communion to Biden would have been a great photo up for both of them.
Reminds me of my wife when I was in Germany (via US Army) and lived near Frankfurt am Main. I had a 7 day leave and I asked her where she wanted to go on it. She said “to Brussels and Vienna.” I just looked at her.....
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