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Melania and Ivanka wear black veils to meet the Pope at the Vatican after deciding not to wear [tr]
U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 5/24/2017 | Kelly McLaughlin

Posted on 05/24/2017 4:34:55 AM PDT by simpson96

Full article title: "Melania and Ivanka wear black veils to meet the Pope at the Vatican after deciding not to wear head scarfs on Saudi visit (just like Michelle Obama) - as Pope asks the first lady if she's feeding Trump cake"

First Lady Melania Trump and the president's daughter, Ivanka, dressed in all black and wore veils to meet Pope Francis on Wednesday, just as former First Lady Michelle Obama did when she met Pope Benedict.

The women traveled to the Vatican on Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who was meeting with Francis for one of his most high-profile talks.

Trump, Melania, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner were greeted in a Vatican courtyard by Archbishop George Ganswein, the prefect of the pontifical household.

Melania and Ivanka kept with tradition and wore veils to meet Francis. The veil, or mantilla, is traditionally worn by women as a sign of respect when meeting the Pope. Trump senior aide Hope Hicks wore one as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fashion; firstladymelania; flotus; flotusmelania; ivanka; melania; popefrancis; trump; trumpfamily; trumppopefrancis; trumpvaticanvisit; trumpvisit; vatican; veils
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To: Albion Wilde
Apparently you didn't look at the videos. Il Papa looked like he was having heartburn.

Oh, that was just when Trump told him he was still building the wall.

No worries.

161 posted on 05/24/2017 3:12:44 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: Liz
She and D/T were not married in a Catholic church....but she was seen carrying a rosary on her wedding day.


162 posted on 05/24/2017 3:16:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

I was pretty sure that was an Episcopalian church.


163 posted on 05/24/2017 3:18:56 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Kalamata
Hmmm. That photo must have been BEFORE President Trump told him in no uncertain terms that the Wall would be built “come hell or high water”, LOL!


164 posted on 05/24/2017 3:21:39 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach.


165 posted on 05/24/2017 3:22:43 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Liz
She and D/T were not married in a Catholic church

They were married in an Episcopal church in Palm Beach, FL.

166 posted on 05/24/2017 3:28:56 PM PDT by ELS
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To: FenwickBabbitt

I wouldn’t be surprised if she was born Catholic.


167 posted on 05/24/2017 3:33:15 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Albion Wilde
Royal women such as Queens or Queen Consorts can wear white.

One small detail to correct: Catholic Queens or Catholic Queen Consorts are permitted to wear white.

168 posted on 05/24/2017 3:38:38 PM PDT by ELS
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To: miss marmelstein

Melania’s father (who looked a bit like DT!) was connected to the Yugoslav government and member of the Communist Party.

Judging from most reports, she wasn’t publicly baptized nor did she take communion, although it’s easy to imagine a Slovenian mother might have arranged such secretly.


169 posted on 05/24/2017 3:40:59 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Salvation

I am wrong about Melania’s wedding venue — it was in the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach, with the reception at Mar-a-Lago. The Donald’s first marriage to Ivana was at Collegiate Marble Church (UCC) by Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, and I do not know at which ballroom they held their grand reception. The second marriage ceremony, to Marla Maples, took place in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, and I do not know who was the officiant.


170 posted on 05/24/2017 4:10:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: ELS
Interesting! Apparently the English Queen can wear a tiara and sash, too, although she lightend up later on, and this past year went all lilac on His Holiness:

I read that the lilac thing was because she just "dropped by" and left off a basket of wines from her royal estates; it wasn't a formal audience.

When Pope Benedict (my fave) went to visit her, she wore powder blue in her own country:


171 posted on 05/24/2017 4:35:26 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: ELS

lightend up = lightened up


172 posted on 05/24/2017 4:36:56 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

She was clearly touched by the experience. She is just beautiful and classy, you don’t expect her to pop off and be inappropriate in any way.


173 posted on 05/24/2017 4:54:20 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: DoughtyOne

Sure I made it by sticking the new image behind the Pope’s and Trump’s head.

I just made a temporary copy of Pope’s and Trump’s head, stored that, then dropped the new image of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam. Then I put the copied Pope and Trump head back on top.


174 posted on 05/24/2017 6:45:45 PM PDT by poconopundit (FR: Self-Reliant Lovers of Liberty who can't stop the Chatter)
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To: poconopundit

He, good job. I didn’t realize it on first take.

I only found out because I wanted a bigger copy. LOL

Liked it a lot.


175 posted on 05/24/2017 6:56:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: Kalamata

Great comment. LOL!


176 posted on 05/24/2017 6:57:26 PM PDT by poconopundit (FR: Self-Reliant Lovers of Liberty who can't stop the Chatter)
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To: FenwickBabbitt

Thanks for the info.


177 posted on 05/25/2017 5:14:12 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: All

In the Daily Mail link, I love the picture with Michelangelo’s Pieta. I saw that years and years ago; it is one of the most moving sculptures in the world.


178 posted on 05/25/2017 9:40:00 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( God Bless America (Trump: I wil)l bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: All

In the Daily Mail link, I love the picture with Michelangelo’s Pieta. I saw that years and years ago; it is one of the most moving sculptures in the world.


179 posted on 05/25/2017 9:40:01 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( God Bless America (Trump: I wil)l bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: JenB987

Well said.


180 posted on 05/26/2017 5:34:18 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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