The American president also demonstrates this to Pope Benedict XVI. the last honor of him. Joe Biden signed the condolence book.
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- The American president signed the book of condolences of Pope Benedict XVI. registered
- Joe Biden called the former pontiff a “truly holy man”.
Pope Benedict XVI “was a brilliant thinker and truly a holy man,” Biden wrote during a visit to the Vatican diplomatic mission. The White House announced it on Thursday (local time). “I will always treasure the time I spent with him discussing theology at the Vatican.”
Benedict was a “great theologian”. “I learned a lot in just a few hours,” the US president wrote, according to the White House. Biden, who is a committed Catholic, and Benedict met privately in 2011. At the time, Biden was a Vice President under former US President Barack Obama.
Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger in Bavaria in 1927, died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95. On Thursday he was buried under St. Peter’s Basilica.
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