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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5280
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 04:44 pm: | 
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What do you Republican Negroes think now?
Pope refuses to meet Rice: report
Sep 19 12:58 PM US/Eastern
Pope Benedict XVI refused to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in August, saying he was on holiday, an Italian newspaper reported Wednesday.
Rice "made it known to the Vatican that she absolutely had to meet the pope" to boost her diplomatic "credit" ahead of a trip to the Middle East, the Corriere della Sera daily reported without citing its sources.
She was hoping to meet the pontiff at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo at the beginning of August, it said.
"'The pope is on holiday' was the official response," the paper said.
It said the reply "illustrated the divergence of view" between the Vatican and the White House about the "initiatives of the Bush administration in the Middle East."
The newspaper said the pope had rejected all meetings with political representatives during August.
The Vatican press office refused to confirm the report.
US Ambassador to the Vatican Francis Rooney said relations between Washington and the Holy See were close.
"Since the beginning of formal diplomatic relations in 1984, the US and the Holy See have enjoyed a high level of cooperation on a wide array of issues," he said in a statement.
"Our relationship remains strong today. Our working relationship is dynamic and productive at all levels."
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Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 2667
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 07:49 pm: |
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Yawn.......Oh well........... |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5281
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 10:18 am: |
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You must not be a Catholic. Or a Republican Negro. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 5808
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 08:52 pm: |
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Were you referring to me?
I doubt if Condi requires any boosts to her diplomatic credit, but if you say so I'll take your word for it.
LOLs
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