If 15,000 people do attend, that will surpass the more than 13,000 who were invited for Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival ceremony in 2008. He said the Vatican’s disapproval of his presence at the ceremony “speaks to the necessity for continued dialogue” between transgender Catholics and the church hierarchy.
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A writer and attorney who defends biblical beliefs wonders if the White House has any respect for Christianity.
President Barack Obama is determined to find ways to draw “lasting value” from the visit of Pope Francis to Washington next week on shared goals such as tackling climate change and economic inequality, White House aides said Thursday.
“For me, I just think it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to the White House and be in the presence of the Holy Father”, he said.
While in Washington, the pope also will address Congress and celebrate Mass at the basilica.
If congressional Republicans and Democrats can “sit down together in good faith and broker a compromise”, Earnest said that he is confident that he will be back at the podium telling the White House press corps that “this piece of legislation is not flawless but the president will sign it because he knows it’s good for the economy”, he said. It’s how he rolls. “And I doubt that you need your colleagues in the Vatican to be so protective of you”. They too have completely lost sight of the importance of statecraft.
That fact alone has Dyer and her six-person team searching for answers to a basic question: How to make next Friday’s dinner better than the one in 2011, for then-President Hu Jintao?
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Bishop Gene described the Pope as “saintly” and said he suspected the objection did not represent his own views but the views of those who wish to “protect” him from the world.
