N.B. Pope makes point that his speeches prepared well before Trump eruption, but delivered after, are not about Trump. Lambastes “commentary on commentary”.
The Pope in flight: "A certain narrative has spread, not entirely accurate, due to the political situation that arose when, on the first day of the trip, the President of the United States made some statements about me. Much of what has been written since then is nothing more than commentary on commentary, in an attempt to interpret what was said.” An example is the speech delivered at the Prayer Meeting for Peace, on April 16. A speech that “had been prepared two weeks earlier, well before the president commented on me and on the message of peace that I am promoting. Yet, it was interpreted as if I were trying to debate with the president again, which is not at all in my interest. I come to Africa primarily as a pastor, as head of the Catholic Church, to be with, to celebrate with, to encourage and accompany all African Catholics.”
Vatican News Source via @matteomatzuzzi on Twitter/X
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