Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Pope refuses to meet Girlfriday: report


Maybe if Condi was qualified for her job, she would have read and known the Pope's August memo before he went on holiday.
From Raw Story:
Pope Benedict XVI refused to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in August, saying he was on holiday, an Italian newspaper reported Wednesday.
Rice "made it known to the Vatican that she absolutely had to meet the pope" to boost her diplomatic "credit" ahead of a trip to the Middle East, the Corriere della Sera daily reported without citing its sources.
She was hoping to meet the pontiff at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo at the beginning of August, it said.
"'The pope is on holiday' was the official response," the paper said.
It said the reply "illustrated the divergence of view" between the Vatican and the White House about the "initiatives of the Bush administration in the Middle East."
The newspaper said the pope had rejected all meetings with political representatives during August.
The Vatican press office refused to confirm the report.
US Ambassador to the Vatican Francis Rooney said relations between Washington and the Holy See were close.
"Since the beginning of formal diplomatic relations in 1984, the US and the Holy See have enjoyed a high level of cooperation on a wide array of issues," he said in a statement.
"Our relationship remains strong today. Our working relationship is dynamic and productive at all levels."

Oh well. Condi is back to filing her nails again...




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is Condi Catholic? Anyhow she is too busy breaking one of the 10th Commandments with the Gerbil.

KittyBowTie1 said...

Good for the Pope. He already ticked off Muslims last summer then he skillfully fixed things with them and engaged them in a dialog in Turkey. I think all of that was planned--tick off Muslims to get their attention, that opened the door to talk about it.

airJackie said...

I missed Mr. Kitty
Now to business the Pope learned that Bush was working for Satan. Now as for Connie she is sleeping with a married President and it would take to long for confusion.