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Former President Joe Biden was among galore planetary luminaries successful attendance astatine Pope Francis' ceremonial Saturday astatine the Vatican, but nary longer being the person of the escaped satellite changes everything.
Biden was accompanied by his wife, erstwhile archetypal woman Jill Biden, but they were not seated adjacent President Donald Trump and different satellite leaders. The mates alternatively sat toward the backmost of the overseas dignitaries conception due to the fact that they are nary longer heads of state.
"Biden is nary longer portion of the chill kids club," 1 relationship commented connected X, sharing an representation of Biden adjacent the backmost of the conception astatine the funeral.
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"LMAO! They enactment Biden successful the mode backmost astatine the ceremonial of Pope Francis," different idiosyncratic commented connected X.
"Look astatine however mislaid helium looks."
"They enactment Biden successful the backmost of the Pope's ceremonial similar a dog," different X idiosyncratic wrote.
"Joe Biden was treated similar a nursing location diligent connected the satellite signifier President Trump is treated similar a Rockstar connected the satellite stage!" different idiosyncratic posted connected X, showing the erstwhile president acold distant from Trump and different satellite leaders.
Biden was besides seen being escorted to his spot by his woman and a priest, gripping onto some and moving cautiously.
Once successful his seating area, Biden took selfies with Uganda Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa earlier the pope's ceremonial began.
Biden posed successful respective different photos with different mourners successful attendance astatine the funeral, and helium was smiling successful each snapshot.
Biden, the 2nd Catholic U.S. president, visited the Vatican successful October 2021, erstwhile helium and Pope Francis met to sermon topics similar clime alteration and advocacy for the poor, according to a transcript fdrom the meeting.
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Pope Francis meets President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden astatine the Apostolic Palace Oct. 29, 2021, successful Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Biden had antecedently met Pope Francis connected respective different occasions, including during the pope’s sojourn to the U.S. successful 2015.
Biden besides met with Pope Francis successful June astatine the G7 Leaders’ Summit successful Apulia, Italy, wherever the 2 discussed the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the humanitarian situation successful Gaza and the struggle betwixt Ukraine and Russia, according to a readout of the meeting.
Biden, who awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom successful January, described him arsenic a "consequential" person Monday who was a "Pope for everyone."
"He was dissimilar immoderate who came earlier him," Biden said successful a station connected X Monday morning. "Pope Francis volition beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the astir consequential leaders of our clip and I americium amended for having known him. For decades, helium served the astir susceptible crossed Argentina and his ngo of serving the mediocre ne'er ceased. As Pope, helium was a loving pastor and challenging teacher who reached retired to antithetic faiths."
Francis, who had battled pneumonia for weeks earlier being released from the hospital, faced wellness complications for galore years and had fractional a lung removed erstwhile helium was young.
Francis, 88, died Monday morning, the time aft Easter, astatine the Vatican.
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Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, the caput of the Vatican’s wellness department, said the pope died of a cerebral changeable that yet caused bosom failure, which enactment him into a coma and led to irreversible bosom failure, according to Vatican officials.
He was elected to the papacy connected March 13, 2013, and was the archetypal Jesuit to go pope.
The pope's past nationalist quality was connected Easter Sunday astatine St. Peter's Square.
Biden's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.
Fox News Digital's Diana Stancy contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]
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