Dignitaries that meet with the Pope are typically given a blessing and a small gift,
but President Joe Biden was the one who had a sentimental present for Pope Francis during their meeting at the Vatican on Friday.
According to the White House, Biden and First Lady Jill Biden gave Francis a historic chasublea garment traditionally worn by clergy during communionin a custom marble and wood frame. The handwoven garment was a part of the archival collection of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. and historically used by Jesuits. Francis is a Jesuit.
Holy Trinity is the church that Biden regularly attends while in Washington.
The robe's frame was crafted by local artisans from naturally-fallen wood from the White House grounds and white marble reclaimed from the original pulpit of Holy Trinity, according to a White House official.
What Joe Biden gifted Pope Francis during visit to the Vatican
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What Joe Biden gifted Pope Francis during visit to the Vatican
President Joe Biden had a sentimental present.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-joe-biden-gifted-pope-francis-during-visit-vatican-1643940
((Sentimental reason, my daughters attended Holy Trinity School, in DC/Georgetown.))
wyn borkins
(1,109 posts)I watched this coordinational earlier on the TV, but your descriptitorials make it all the more special.
Thank you most kindly, elleng.
No Vested Interest
(5,196 posts)Maybe Joe will reveal it in his own time.
70sEraVet
(4,148 posts)I feel there may be hope for mankind yet.
lark
(24,183 posts)Slobfather would never be able to touch that, bet he got nothing for the Pope but his own hideous visage.