(Washington Insider Magazine) – The president of the United States explained that he will not go to the funeral of Pope Emeritus tomorrow and the Vatican because “a little entourage of a thousand people would need to go”.
In the last hours a controversy was generated around whether President Joe Bide will attend the funeral of the late Emeritus Benid XVI Pope, who culminated in an uncomfortable exchange with a reporter.
Reason of Why President Would Not go to Funeral
During a brief encounter with the press in one of the gardens of the White House and before his trip to Kentucky, the president was questioned and pressed by a reporter to answer why he would not go to the funeral of Benedict XVI.
“He won’t attend his funeral tomorrow, why?” Hen Jensen asked by Ewtn.
“Well, why do you think?” Biden replied.
“Well, say it you,” said Jensen.
Biden insisted that “you know why” while the reporter was still with “he can tell me.”
“The reason I am not going to attend the funeral tomorrow is that a tinkee of a thousand people would be needed to go,” said Biden. “We would move everything in the wrong direction.”
The president also said that “we would only hinder” and added that Pope Benedict XVI was a “good man.”
In Tuesday’s press conference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told journalists that the US ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, would represent the United States.
“The United States ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, will represent the United States at the Pope’s funeral, according to the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican. This is what they asked. These are your wishes. And so, that is what you are seeing of the US, ”Jean-Pierre told reporters.
It Will be a Simple Funeral
According to Catholic News Agency, the Vatican press office confirmed that only two official state delegations – from Italy and Germany – were invited to the funeral of the late Emeritus Pope, which will be held on January 5.
The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that “following the wishes of Pope Emeritus, the funeral will be held under the sign of simplicity,” stressing that it will be a “solemn but sober funeral.”
“The express request by Pope Emeritus is that everything is simple, both in terms of funeral and other celebrations and gestures in this moment of pain,” he added.
This article is authored by La Opinion.
