President Joe Biden revealed on Friday that Pope Francis told him he's a 'good Catholic' and that the two men did not discuss the controversial issue of abortion during their 75-minute sit down behind the closed doors of the Vatican. He also said the pope told him to keep receiving communion.
The corrupt Roman pontiff, Pope Francis, welcomed child transgender advocate and due date abortion champion Joe Biden to the Vatican, offering no words of rebuke, and called him a 'good Catholic'. It's a good thing Catholics know nothing about the Bible, because if they did, they would be really mad. Remember Pope Pius XII who signed a concordat with Adolf Hitler? Guess Hitler was a 'good Catholic', too.
"How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." Revelation 18:7,8 (KJB)
Sitting across from the unholy father, the nearly-octogenarian Joe Biden looked so weak and frail that a decent wind could fling him against the wall. By comparison, Pope Francis looked positively youthful, yet 6 years old than Biden. For his part, Biden kissed the ring and acknowledged the real power in the room, satanic though it may be, calling the pope the 'most significant warrior for peace' he's ever met. Come to think of it, so did Billy Graham. Birds of a feather and all that.
Joe Biden reveals Pope told him he is a 'good Catholic' and should continue getting communion, but says they didn't talk about abortion
FROM THE DAILY MAIL UK: Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, met with the pontiff amid pressure from conservative Catholics in the United States about his abortion stance. 'We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,' Biden said after the meeting.
The U.S. Conference of Bishops is weighing whether to admonish Catholic politicians like Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who support a woman's right to an abortion - which Catholics consider a sin - yet also take Holy Communion at mass.
Biden said he did not take communion Friday. Asked whether he and Pope Francis discussed the U.S. Conference of Bishops, the president replied that's a 'private conversation.' He also said that he and the pontiff exchanged prayers for one another. The president said he prayed for 'peace.' And he revealed Pope Francis blessed his son Beau's rosary beads that he wears around his wrist. Beau Biden died in 2015 from brain cancer.
He said they talked about climate change, including the 'need' and 'moral responsibility' to deal with it during their meeting. Biden's time with the pope on Friday was longer than either of his two predecessors' with the pontiff. Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, was scheduled to be with the Pontiff for only an hour but received extra time. In 2017, Francis met then President Donald Trump for 30 minutes and, in 2014, Francis met with then President Barack Obama for 52 minutes. Biden's meeting with Pope John Paul, in 1980, in contrast, was only 45 minutes.
The meeting was 'wonderful,' Biden told reporters afterwards.
During their meeting, Biden presented Francis a woven chasuble, or liturgical vestment, made in 1930 by the famed papal tailor Gamarelli and used by the pope's Jesuit order in the U.S., where it was held in the archives of Holy Trinity Church, Biden's regular parish in Washington. President John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, also worshipped at Holy Trinity.
'I hope you find this gift from the United States appropriate,' Biden said. Biden also presented the pope with a presidential challenge coin.
'I'm not sure this is appropriate, but there's a tradition in America. That the president has what is called a command coin,' the president explained.
Biden said it was meant for 'warriors and leaders.'
'And you are the most significant warrior for peace I've ever met,' Biden told the pope.
The president said that while the U.S. seal adorned the front of it, the back was unique.
'But I know my son would want me to give this to you because on the back of it I have the state of Delaware and the 261st, the unit my son served with,' he said, referencing the late Beau Biden and his service in Iraq with the Delaware Army National Guard.
'The tradition is, and I'm only kidding about this, the next time I see you you don't have it, you have to buy the drinks,' Biden continued. 'I'm the only Irishman you've ever met who's never had a drink,' the president added.
The pope spoke back to Biden in Italian, though was heard making a joke about whiskey. Meanwhile, Pope Francis, 84, gave Biden, 78, a ceramic tile depicting the iconography of the pilgrim, as well as a collection of the pope´s main teaching documents, the Vatican said. READ MORE
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