Vatican: Pope’s Meeting With Kim Davis Wasn’t Endorsement Of Her Views
The Vatican has issued a statement that Pope Francis’s meeting with the anti-gay Kentucky clerk was not an endorsement of her views.
“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,” the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said in a statement released on Friday morning.
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in WashingtonSEPT. 30, 2015
Ms. Davis’s case has become a focal point in the debate over the tensions between religious liberty and marriage equality in the United States.“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,” Father Lombardi said in the statement, referring to the Vatican’s term for its embassy.
He added: “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.”
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23 responses to Vatican: Pope’s Meeting With Kim Davis Wasn’t Endorsement Of Her Views
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fredoandme October 2nd, 2015 at 09:38
too late, francis. shouldn’t have included this awful woman. if you don’t agree with her, why was she included?
we see you.
Jeffrey Samuels October 2nd, 2015 at 10:08
apparently, according to the Vatican (if you believe them), the Pope really didn’t even know who she was, never met with her privately, does not consider the meeting to be an official endorsement, and was blindsided by one particular Vatican representative in DC.
Damage control, or political sabotage of his message in the US.
arc99 October 2nd, 2015 at 11:15
or perhaps it is what actually happened.
I will leave the baseless speculation to you.
arc99 October 2nd, 2015 at 11:14
The Pope also visited a prison in the Philadelphia area.
It is part of his job as the Vicar of Christ and in the tradition of Christ to freely associate with those who have made decisions, they would never make.
Not sure you see much of anything
fredoandme October 2nd, 2015 at 11:22
so the pope went to a prison and did some p.r. made no difference whatsoever. what a waste of time.
Robert Kennedy October 3rd, 2015 at 00:51
He didn’t make the list.
fredoandme October 3rd, 2015 at 08:49
then the pope, himself, not one of his apparently incompetent lackies, should come out and tell us, instead of this “sense of regret” crap.
Stan Ubeki October 2nd, 2015 at 10:02
Davis was in a semi-private reception line with a hundred other people and she got maybe five seconds of his attention. Look at how he met with people on the streets. No way did the Pope call a meeting. His staff had a list of people for that line and she was probably the guest of someone. If he even recognized her, and knew of her notoriety, he blew her off asap.
Suzanne McFly October 2nd, 2015 at 10:14
Considering it was kept hush-hush and we only have her version of the story we are left to believe it was an endorsement of her views. Sorry Pope, you took yourself off that pedestal with that action.
Jeffrey Samuels October 2nd, 2015 at 10:31
Suzanne,
I have been reading that there was more to the story than we got from KD lawyers. Apparently, she was one of many people in line to meet the pope, and the meeting was not really private, nor did he endorse her views.
That being said, we will probably never know the truth. I just don’t trust anything coming out of the KD camp, since their spin makes me nauseous.
Suzanne McFly October 2nd, 2015 at 10:40
The fact the Pope has not come out and given us his side leaves me with that idiots story. I wish he would come out and make his version public but until that happens this is all we have.
mea_mark October 2nd, 2015 at 12:02
There seems to be a sense of regret now. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/02/us-usa-pope-kentuckyclerk-idUSKCN0RW0UN20151002?utm_source=twitter I am not surprised in the least. I think this was a great big oops.
Suzanne McFly October 2nd, 2015 at 14:29
I hope so badly is was an oops, he gave me so much hope for the church and I have not felt that hope since I was a child. I am still hurt by what he did, it seems backhanded because he did it behind closed doors. I know he doesn’t care that I am hurt, but there are millions who feel similar to the way I do.
jasperjava October 2nd, 2015 at 12:16
With this statement from the Vatican, it seems clear that the Pope does not endorse Davis’ so-called victimhood.
Suzanne McFly October 2nd, 2015 at 14:30
I hope not. I would feel better if he hadn’t done this in such a secret way.
jasperjava October 2nd, 2015 at 16:38
Actually, I think it would have been worse if it had been done openly and in public.
Suzanne McFly October 2nd, 2015 at 21:44
We would of been able to have a voice and the Pope may of changed his mind.
jasperjava October 2nd, 2015 at 23:16
It seems as if the Pope had no idea that he was meeting Davis. She was in a group of dozens of people who were invited by the conservative nuncio in Washington. The Vatican’s statement today clearly shows that the Pope was not pleased at being used in that way.
It wouldn’t surprise me if that nuncio got recalled to Rome and brought to the carpet.
GiveP*****achance! October 2nd, 2015 at 10:16
they meet ….Kim Davis gets forgiveness; the Pope :Herpes! Kim is a nasty animal!
allison1050 October 2nd, 2015 at 10:22
This is exactly why I didn’t comment when her lawyers announced that the slut had “met with the Pope”. They were trying to insinuate that what had happened was that she had had an audience with him. What happened was that she stood in a very long line and that was basically it! ;o)
Robert Kennedy October 3rd, 2015 at 00:49
I met with JFK and Reagan in the same fashion. Actually I got to talk with Reagan and he scared the bejeesus out of me. It was 1980 and I said at the time that I thought he had Alzheimers.
Shrug! Stuff happens! October 4th, 2015 at 20:53
I think most people expected that she was in a large group too.
allison1050 October 5th, 2015 at 04:14
Not if they believed her attorney like the media did.