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elleng

(136,183 posts)
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:58 AM Oct 2021

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 chasuble—a garment traditionally worn by clergy during communion—in 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

NEWSWEEK.COM
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.))

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Dignitaries that meet with the Pope are typically given a blessing and a small gift, (Original Post) elleng Oct 2021 OP
Joe & Jill Chatting With Pope Francis At The Vatican (by elleng) wyn borkins Oct 2021 #1
Joe was likely given a gift; it just has not been made public (as yet.) No Vested Interest Oct 2021 #2
Reading about the meeting between these two leaders, 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #3
What a beautifully elegant & exceptionally meaningful gift! lark Oct 2021 #4

wyn borkins

(1,109 posts)
1. Joe & Jill Chatting With Pope Francis At The Vatican (by elleng)
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 01:13 AM
Oct 2021

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)
2. Joe was likely given a gift; it just has not been made public (as yet.)
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 02:11 AM
Oct 2021

Maybe Joe will reveal it in his own time.

lark

(24,183 posts)
4. What a beautifully elegant & exceptionally meaningful gift!
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 09:27 AM
Oct 2021

Slobfather would never be able to touch that, bet he got nothing for the Pope but his own hideous visage.

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