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Pope’s Meeting With Kim Davis “Should Not Be Considered a Form of Support”, Says Vatican Press Office

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Aleteia - published on 10/02/15
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Fr. Lombardi issues clarification, says greeting was due to Pope’s “characteristic kindness and availability”Statement regarding a meeting of Pope Francis and Mrs. Kim Davis at the Nunciature in Washington, DC   (Fr F. Lombardi, Director of the Press Office of the Holy See):

The brief meeting between Mrs. Kim Davis and Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in  Washington, DC has continued to provoke comments and discussion.  In order to contribute to an objective understanding of what transpired I am able to clarify the following points:

Pope Francis met with several dozen persons who had been invited by the Nunciature to greet him as he prepared to leave Washington for New York City. Such brief greetings occur on all papal visits and are due to the Pope’s characteristic kindness and availability. The only real audience granted by the Pope at the Nunciature was with one of his former students and his family.

The Pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.

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