Pope Dumps Kim Davis – DOES NOT SUPPORT HER
The Vatican on Friday distanced Pope Francis from Kim Davis, saying she was one of dozens of people the pope greeted in the U.S. and that their encounter “should not be considered a form of support of her position.”
In a statement, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Francis met with “several dozen” people at the Vatican’s embassy in Washington just before leaving for New York.
Lombardi said such meetings are par for the course of any Vatican trip and are due to the pope’s “kindness and availability.” He said the pope only really had one “audience” in Washington: with former students and his family members.
“The pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects,” Lombardi said.