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Oh, he is? I didn’t know,
Trump told reporters on the plane on his way to Rome
If I were president, they wouldn’t have sat me back there — and our Country would be much different than it is right now!”
Trump said at the timeThey put Biden in the back of the Pope's funeral like a dog,
another X user wrote
Biden is no longer part of the cool kids club,
one account commented on X, sharing an image of Biden near the back of the section at the funeralHe was unlike any who came before him,
Biden said in a post on X Monday morningWho in the hell do they think they are
The Democrat made his first political appearance since leaving the White House to slam Trump over social security, where the politician asked the president
I believe they filled a vacant place."
The Vatican didn't give an official reason for why the Kyiv couple were sat so high up, but spokesperson Matteo Bruni did say
Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to express our family’s gratitude for the Pope’s support during Julian’s persecution,
read a message on social media attributed to his wife, Stella Assange
The final image we have of him, which will remain etched in our memory, in our eyes and our hearts is that of last Sunday, Easter Sunday, when Pope Francis, despite his serious health problems, wanted to give us his blessings from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica
During the funeral, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re - who led the service - saidHe had great spontaneity and an informal way of addressing everyone, even those far from the Church
The cardinal added
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel,
the Pope had said at the time
Rich in human warmth and deeply sensitive to today's challenges, Pope Francis truly shared the anxieties, sufferings, and hopes of this time,
Re was quoted by Reuters as saying‘Build bridges, not walls’ was an exhortation [Francis] repeated many times,
said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, as a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people watched in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City and millions more worldwide listenedThe outpouring of affection that we have witnessed in recent days following his passing from this earth into eternity tells us how much the profound pontificate of Pope Francis touched minds and hearts,
said the cardinal
That's partly because the process is genuinely both secret, so it happens in private, but also because the make-up of this College of Cardinals is very different from anyone that's been here to elect a pope before
UK theologian Professor Anna Rowlands saidHe loved the world, and he was just a good man. I met him twice, I thought he was a fantastic kind of a guy".
He added
Make him the next Pope!”
Fellow MAGA influencer Joey Mannarino, with 613,000 followers, quoted the Cardinal and saidWhat is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.”
In his coruscating letter to US bishops, which would become the last major intervention of his papacy, Francis wrote
I had the privilege of enjoying his friendship, his advice, his teachings, which never ceased, not even during times of trial and suffering."
In a tribute to Pope Francis posted on social media the day he died, Meloni said.jpg)
Despite differences that seem minor today, having been able to know him in his goodness and wisdom was a true honor for me."
In a statement issued after the pope's death, Milei said