[Magdalen] Pope and Kim Davis.

[Eleanor Braun]

NY Times report of the Vatican statement:

http://nyti.ms/1jCuBle

Eleanor

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 02/10/2015 01:38, John R Robison wrote:
>
>> I have a few friends who say that it was an attempt to try and reassure
>> the bro-Con/Republican types so cozy with the hierarchy hat the Holy Father
>> was still on their side.
>>
>
> The Vatican has just released a statement about that meeting.  It says
> that there was no provite meeting and that the Pope was unaware of the
> specifics of her case and that she was one of dozens of people who had been
> invited to greet him at the Nunciature.
> Unpacking that Ms Davis and her lawyer have built a bried exchange to be
> something more than it really was.
>
> I can imagine the exchange. "I was imprisoned for being true to my
> conscience." "Be strong in your faith."  Pope moves on to the next person.
>
> Roger
>