“President Biden is a practicing Roman Catholic so it is more than curious as to why he would not be invited, other than the issue of his support for abortion not being in line with the teachings of the Catholic church.
Looking at White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s comments during a press briefing on Tuesday it appears he may have been asked not to attend.
If that’s the case the decision by the present Pope, Pope Francis committed a serious breach of protocall.
“Pope Benedict — his funeral is Thursday. The late Pope Benedict, his funeral is Thursday. Is the U.S. sending a delegation to Rome, do you know?” a reporter said.
“So, let me just first say — because we haven’t been able to be on the record on this since the passing of the Pope,” the press secretary said.
“So, as the President said in his statement, as I’m sure you saw, he joins Catholics and so many others around the world in mourning the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He will always remember the Pope’s generosity and meaningful conversation they had when he visited the Vatican in 2011.
“So, to answer your question, the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, will represent the United States at the funeral of the Pope, in line with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican. This is what — this is what their requests were. This is what their wishes were. And so, that’s what you’re seeing from the U.S.,” she said.
“Following up, what did — I know you read a statement there, but what did Pope Benedict mean to President Biden as a Catholic?” the reporter said.
“Look, you know, the President, as you know, he takes his faith very seriously. This is someone who is passionate about his faith. That’s not something I even need to tell you; you know this for yourself,” the press secretary said.
The Vatican is a country. Biden is being ignorant, so very ignorant This is a serious International slap-in-the-face of America, when the President is specifically not invited to a service for a dead man.
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