Posted on 01/04/2023 12:45:59 PM PST by DoodleBob
Pope Emeritus Benedict VXI (sic), who died last Saturday at 95, and the Vatican requested that President Joe Biden not attend Benedict's funeral, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday.
Benedict made the request prior to his death.
The U.S. will send Joe Donnelly, ambassador of the Holy See, "in line with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican. This is what their requests were. This is what their wishes were," Jean-Pierre said when asked if Biden would attend the funeral, which is being held Thursday in St. Peter's Square.
'Well why do you think? You tell me,' the president responded on the South Lawn when asked why the White House was sending an ambassador to the memorial and not him. 'The reason why I'm not attending the funeral tomorrow is because it takes an entourage of 1,000 people, not literally, but we would move everything in the wrong direction,' Biden then answered.
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The funeral is drawing heads of state and royalty despite Benedict's request for simplicity and Vatican efforts to keep the first Vatican funeral low-key for an emeritus Pope in modern times.
Only Italy and Germany were invited to send official delegations, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Italian President Sergio Mattarella confirmed their participation.
But other heads of state and government decided to take the Vatican up on its offer and come in their "private capacity." As of a late count Wednesday, seven heads of state, four prime ministers, and two delegations of royal representatives were attending as private citizens, including the president of Togo, the prime minister of Gabon and royals from Belgium and Spain.
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JEAN-PIERRE was asked whether or not President Biden would be attending the Pope's funeral
JEAN-PIERRE: "The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See...will represent the U.S. at the funeral...in line with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican...This is what their wishes were."
But I could totally see Benedict XVI snubbing Bidet as a lovely parting gift, and the Powers That Be suppressing the truth with word salad.
There will only be two officials state delegations, Germany and Italy.
Good. Remember when Cardinal O’Connor was greeting the families of TWA800 that if Clinton showed up he would leave. Heck O’Connor had to be dead for the Clintons to get into St Patricks.
Keen insight in this report.
FRANCIS’ VATICAN AND BIDEN’S WHITE HOUSE...TWO UNIMPEACHABLE SOURCES OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH. (NO TAG NEEDED.)
It doesn’t matter if Brandon attends because through some fissure the smoke of satan has already crept into the Catholic Church according to Pope Paul VI.
It is highly conceivable that McC could pull it off with the Democrats solidly voting for him and enough Republican squishes to make him Speaker. then he would be the DEMOCRATS’ Speaker of the House and did he stray from the Democrat Plantation he would be removed and it would start all over again. That said, he would essentially be the Democrat Speaker anyway as that seems to be the way he bends.
Well, that does give the story more credibility.
Well, you’re certainly correct on the credibility front, but had he made the request *after*, that would probably have given that request more weight!
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