Pope Francis meets Cristina Fernandez; 150 world leaders expected for Tuesday’s ceremony
The Vatican Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will meet Argentine President Cristina Fernández on Monday at 8.50 AM Buenos Aires time. It will be the first official meeting the pontiff holds with a head of state.
At the Santa Marta House, where former Argentine cardinal Mario Bergoglio is to remain till he moves to the Apostolic Palace, the newly elected Pope will receive Cristina Fernández who arrived on Sunday to Rome to take part in the inauguration mass of Francis’ papacy to take place on Tuesday.
According to the Vatican, around 150 head of states and government will attend the historic ceremony with the first non-European pope in modern times to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cardinal Jorge Marido Bergoglio and the Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and previously her deceased husband and former president Nestor Kirchner, did not have a fluid relation since the former archbishop of Buenos Aires was particularly critical about the growth of poverty and expansion of corruption in Argentina.
They clashed on several occasions and Cristina Fernandez tried to avoid contact with Bergoglio to the extent the official mass on national festivities started to be held in the provinces outside of Buenos Aires and the metropolitan cathedral.
The Argentine presidency says that the president and the Pope will share lunch, however the Vatican only mentions an audience. Apparently the meeting had been requested by Argentine diplomacy immediately after Bergoglio was made Pope and following a release from Government House putting aside the confrontation style and praising the fact that for the first time in history a Latinamerican had become bishop of Rome.
Ambassador before the Vatican Juan Pablo Cafiero started the contacts and was joined later in the week by Foreign minister Hector Timerman.
In Buenos Aires the Archbishopric held a conference Sunday afternoon to confirm the agenda marking the beginning of Pope Francis’ papacy with a live broadcasting at the Plaza de Mayo announced for next Tuesday. Likewise Buenos Aires City announced there will not be classes at schools that day.
The Archbishopric also called devoted Catholics to obey a three-day prayer and gratitude actions as from Sunday which took off at 11.30 AM and presided over by apostolic nuncio to Argentina Emil Paul Tscherrig.
The religious group Youngsters for all God’s people has called on a vigil for Monday at 20.30 PM that will last all night.
On Tuesday at 4AM, a march from the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral to the Obelisk will end with a live giant screen broadcast from Rome to follow the papal ceremony.
By noon, all bells of the BA City Archdiocese will peal for ten minutes “greeting the new and dear Saint Father Francis from its place of origin” as the entity’s official statement reads.
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Although, I suppose he'll just be glad to get it over and done with.
I wonder how TMBOA got to Italy? Not on Tango 1, I'm sure.
www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Exclusivo-por-que-fracaso-un-informe-secreto-K-para-bloquear-la-eleccion-de-Bergoglio-20130318-0049.html
Pope Francis is showing her how to be and act in live. Kretina refused to meet him here, no matters he asked more than 14 times for a meeting. Also when Kretina spoke about Bergoglio being the new Pope in an official act, the croud (Kretina's supporters) jeer at him.
Finally let me say there are strong probes about the argentine government trying to prevent Bergoglio being elected as Pope.
'Cristina Fernández arrived on Sunday to Rome in a private jet'
It probably had a week to kill after taking some oil coy execs out to Stanley.....
CFK [rapidly departing]: “Land of hope and glory, Mother of the free ...”
However they are a pair of idiots and I hope they go at each other hammer and tong and bring each other down.
£50,000,000.00 says she'll make up some verbal diarrhoea regardless of what he says.
Anything you like that Britain will tell either one of them to frak-off.
F. 'How's the soup?'
K ' I want you to give me support over the Falklands'
F ' Kiss my ring..'
K 'OK' ... reaching for his hand...
F ' Not that one you fascist cow' turning and lifting his frock' ......
says it all
@11 I doubt that's what will happen. He probably doesn't want to end up with a strange incurable disease and die within a month of being sworn in. Chavez died of a cancer in the “pelivic” region, remember?
Fear of Tango 1 being impounded ?
or
Moroccans wanted cash up front for fuel and wouldn't accept pesos?
How long before CFK claims, “The Pope has already supported Argentina's claims to the Falklands.” ?
Within a week, right?
How long before CFK makes the claim, “Argentina's claim to the Falklands has divine backing”?
Frank
Absolutely priceless, want a job as a comedian in Buenos Aires, you would go down a storm there.LMAO
Speaking of which, where is ol' chuckles?
CFK must be grinding and chipping her teeth that a person she detests has literally jumped her in importance.
40 million Argentines.
1.2 billion Catholics.
Check mate!
According to CFKs 'rules' neither of them has been living in Argentina to count as Argentinians... regard them more as temporary squatters in the Vatican.
www.clarin.com/mundo/Papa-Francisco-Cristina-Kirchner-TN_3_884941500.html
It looked like an old fashioned leather dildo to me that TMBOA hard worn out.
LOLs
all bets are off really: even if he is only 1st generation implanted european colonialist Pope.. he still “argentine”, so expect slippers being thrown and tantrums on both sides... followed by ThinkoDoD saying how it was all “The Plan™”
Only her mouth, incessantly.
LOLs
anything else would be a crime against humanity.
This article kind of suggests that maybe the pope might be swaying in our favour on this bad boy!
Yup, she left her “presidential jet” in Morocco and switched to a chartered Spanish executive jet to avoid the risk of the presidential jet being seized by creditors. Apparently, it's safe in Morocco because CFK is on such good terms with the King .....
She barks on about “outdated colonialism” and then goes all Medieval and tries to get the Pope to decide who lives where... talk about a president going backwards or what.
Isn't the country crumbling around her?
I just don't get it.
I run a small business and I can't easily do that.
Yeah but all of your staff aren't probably spending most of their time trying to get you as far away form the office as possible, so that they can limit the damage you keep doing to it.
Hers, obviously, are...
“No, no, You go Chrissy! The pope needs you to tuck in his pink slippers and a quick fumble to make sure they aint elected a woman... ”
If this report is correct the woman is clearly more interested in her own agenda and her visit had nothing to do with respect for the newly elected pope.
shhh shhh shhh here take this go back to sleep
Muhahahahaaaaa; I beat you to it! (36)
“How does she pick up at a moments notice and go out of the country so quickly?
I just don't get it.
I run a small business and I can't easily do that.
I say
Snort an extra line, Fred......
3~4 inches will surely give you that extra ”time” you need.........
The ungodly CFK has officially asked the bloody pope to intervene in the Falklands dispute,
We ask,
Is their no living person who this bloody leech has not asked to help her on the theft of the Falklands?
When will you people ever learn?
They are British and will remain British,
Unless you want a fight over them,
She will destroy Argentina over her obsession with the Falklands,
[She says,, to stop problems over great Britain militarising the south Atlantic.]
Is this a veiled threat? ]
Innocent argentines will pay a bloody high price for a tiny island, that you don’t even want,.
Be warned, she is destroying YOUR country, and can sod off with her wealth,
You lot have stay in her shit hole.
mmmmmmmmm
.
You are welcome to fly your national flag anywhere BUT the Falklands.
Can we expect a Papal Bull demanding that the Falklands be handed over to the Argentine on pain of ex-communication ?
But again, we denied his authority about 450 years ago.
There is a good reason why I'm not a catholic.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/13/pope-francis-argentina-president-de-kirchner-relationship_n_2870736.html
Although I'm sure CFK will seek to change that now he's useful to her propaganda machine......
unless you're Patagonian....
Told the then pope to F-O, and went to war,..,
2013,
If he interferes again,
Then Cameron will tell him -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
And we might even insult your CFK,with kindness
So don’t push it.
lol
12, huh? Where have I heard that before?
Rule Britannia !
Your E- petition seems to be moving very slowly......
Whopping **86** votes!
My old german boxer dog has nearly twice as many friends in his Facebook profile ;-)))
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/support-our-longtime-alliy-united-kingdom-their-position-over-falkland-islands-and-not-argentina/yXQ3C5xd
Just 99,914 more votes to go and Mr. Obama will read it.....
WASP's of the World, Unite!
PS:
Your Vice-President will be kissing the ring tomorrow, I hear.....
I think an exit visa is on the horizon.
“My old german boxer dog has nearly twice as many friends in his Facebook profile”
I would imagine that is because, unlike you, when he barks he knows what he is saying.
Try castration, it will improve your cadence.
How.....did Argentina get the Falklands? Where is it that you live again? Argentina?
I am happy to hear how popular your wifde is on facebook.
Yes Joe Biden is kissng the Pope's ring, Biden is religous, unlike asslips. Ahhhhh that's right, you take exception to religious people. 2010 stats have 89% of the world believes in God, whether you atheists like it or not, you are outnumbered.
hahahahahahahahaha
I saw that Yankee, airlines to escape with get pricey!!......3rd week of March and still new Balance of Account trades figures yet. The slide must have been worst than they suspected......of they have not created new ones yet.
Did you hear Videla calling on the militray to take back Argentina?
How fitting.
No wonder Think doesn't dare go back
I have a feeling CFKs story will end much like Mussolini's.
Maybe we are jumping the gun a bit,
But both have dubious pasts, both have put their ambitions before justice,
CFK cares not,
But will the pope,
To be honest he will have enough problems now,
Let alone a raving lunatic to deal with,
Hopefully he will do the decent thing, and tell her, that there are more impotent things in this world to deal with, other than her greed and ambitions..
In his head he will say, I never wanted more only my books.
Blah blah blah
He is so full of jealousy it consumes his every minute.
He is lonely, bitter and disappointed with life.
Peron ruined that county, gave them a cancer that needs a strong does of medicine to kill. Until then it will wither and try to hang on as it gasps for its last breath.
Not too long now though
The Ks are just about the light the match with the last bridge to Brazil.
You say....:
Not too long now though
I say...:
Snort a looong line whilst you wait, Cokehead.....
It is 2013 now and the numbers of the deluded are falling. The 89% was the figure for the USA if I remember correctly.
And even then, why would it worry me with a figure like that in America? It just means that most of them are lying to the census taker because they feel threatened if they admit they do not believe. How many go to church, do you go to church for example?
Your present President is a Muslim: he has to be, his father was a Muslim; check out the doctrine.
But if it makes you happy that's fine by me.
I will just carry on being in this time instead of 1,000 B.C. Think about the 1,000 very carefully anybody who does not understand and thinks it should be 2013!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4AJ1BgQX8
I still think the panic rate ( as I like to call it) will be 10/1.
That should be the rate that gets the public worked up into a frenzy.
This drip drip drip, water tourture of a fall is just not doing it.
Rgs are not good at math so I don't think they realize that U$.05 daily loss in their savings means anything.
Oh but they will
Buy Sugar Rgs Buy Sugar
Venezuela and the new pope!
On Wednesday interim President Nicolas Maduro suggested that, from the great beyond, Chavez helped get him elected.
“We know that our commander reached those heights,” said Maduro, “and he’s face to face with Christ. Something had an influence on the choosing of a South American pope.”
I PRESUME THIS IS IRONY ?
That's not irony, that Sussie!
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