Phil Lawler || category Commentary
Did you see the photo of Nancy Pelosi with Pope Benedict XVI during her visit to the Vatican yesterday?
No, you didn't. There was no photo, because there was no photographer on hand when they met.
The Speaker of the House went to Rome hoping for a photo op. A smiling picture of herself with the Pontiff would have done a great deal to ease the tensions between Pelosi and the American hierarchy: tensions caused by her unswerving defense of legal abortion. That photo would have burnished her credentials as the "ardent Catholic" she claims to be.
But there was no photo op. After a month of disastrous public-relations gaffes, the Vatican handled this meeting quite nicely. The meeting was held in private. Without violating diplomatic protocol the Vatican managed to convey any unmistakable coolness about the encounter.
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Did you see the photo of Nancy Pelosi with Pope Benedict XVI during her visit to the Vatican yesterday?
No, you didn't. There was no photo, because there was no photographer on hand when they met.
The Speaker of the House went to Rome hoping for a photo op. A smiling picture of herself with the Pontiff would have done a great deal to ease the tensions between Pelosi and the American hierarchy: tensions caused by her unswerving defense of legal abortion. That photo would have burnished her credentials as the "ardent Catholic" she claims to be.
But there was no photo op. After a month of disastrous public-relations gaffes, the Vatican handled this meeting quite nicely. The meeting was held in private. Without violating diplomatic protocol the Vatican managed to convey any unmistakable coolness about the encounter.
-Read More
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