Catholic President - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 16 Nov 2020 03:00:16 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Catholic President - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Francis and Joe Biden talk on phone https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/11/16/pope-francis-and-joe-biden/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:53:42 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=132368 Pope Francis has offered US president-elect Joe Biden his "blessings and congratulations", during a phone call Thursday morning. Biden, of Irish heritage, will be the second Catholic president of the United States. John F. Kennedy, who was elected in 1960 and also of Irish descent, was the country's first Catholic president. Matteo Bruni, the director Read more

Pope Francis and Joe Biden talk on phone... Read more]]> Pope Francis has offered US president-elect Joe Biden his "blessings and congratulations", during a phone call Thursday morning.

Biden, of Irish heritage, will be the second Catholic president of the United States. John F. Kennedy, who was elected in 1960 and also of Irish descent, was the country's first Catholic president.

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office has confirmed that the phone conversation took place.

A press release from the President-elect transition team read:

President-elect Joe Biden spoke this morning with His Holiness Pope Francis. The President-elect thanked His Holiness for extending blessings and congratulations and noted his appreciation for His Holiness' leadership in promoting peace, reconciliation, and the common bonds of humanity around the world.

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