I am not Catholic, but
I like all the Popes in my lifetime
Pope John XXIII was my favorite
What a kind man
He had the perfect pot belly for a good father
Pope Francis has a place in my heart, as well
Pope
Francis jokingly asks First Lady Melania Trump what she feeds the President
Are you feeding him Potica?
What a wonderful question to break ice!
Potica is a sweet nut bread, lololol
BY NICOLE
HENSLEY
NEW YORK
DAILY NEWS Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 5:58 AM
· Small talk in a
foreign language; one of the many potential stumbling blocks a fledgling world
leader would be well-advised to side-step on their first trip abroad.
And so it fell
to Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, and her pontiff host, Pope Francis, to engage in what initially appeared to be
a linguistic muddle during the US President’s Vatican visit.
Greeting the
First Couple, the Pope asked Ms Trump if she fed her husband a nut-filled
Slovenian cake. “What are you feeding him, potica?” he asked.
The pontiff was
referring to a traditional sweet bread, which can also be filled with chocolate
or honey, and is baked in the form of a Swiss roll.
A translator
repeated the question in English and Ms Trump, who grew up in the Slovenian
town of Sevnica, replied, “potica, yes”, before both parties laughed.
However, the
Vatican initially suggested Pope Francis was not enquiring about potica,
pronounced po-teet-sah, but about another bread-based food, pizza - a mistake
repeated by some who watched the video.
The Vatican
later clarified that he had in fact been asking about the cake, and there was
no mention of whether the pontiff had been referring to the stature of Mr
Trump, who at a reported 16-and-a-half-stone has previously acknowledged he
"could lose
a little weight".
Mr Trump
met the Pope for 30 minutes on Wednesday morning, during his first overseas
trip since entering the White House.
Potica roll with walnuts, a
traditional Slovenian dessert (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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"It is my
desire that you become an olive tree to construct peace," the Pope said,
speaking in Spanish.
Mr Trump
responded: "We can use peace."
Pope Francis
also gave Mr Trump a signed copy of his 2017 peace message whose title is
"Nonviolence - A Style of Politics for Peace", and a copy of his 2015
letter on the need to protect the environment from the effects of climate
change.
"Well,
I'll be reading them," Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump gave
the Pope a boxed set of five first-edition books by US civil rights leader
Martin Luther King.
As Mr Trump and
the Pope said goodbye at the door of the study, the President said: "Thank
you, thank you. I won't forget what you said."
In a statement,
the Vatican said the two sides agreed on their "joint commitment in favour
of life and freedom of worship and conscience”.
The statement
continued: "It is hoped that there may be serene collaboration between the
state and the Catholic Church in the United States, engaged in service to the
people in the fields of healthcare, education and assistance to
immigrants."
It said talks also covered promoting peace
through dialogue with people of other faiths
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Pope jokes that Melania Trump feeds her husband Slovenian cake during
Vatican meeting
Small talk in a
foreign language; one of the many potential stumbling blocks a fledgling world
leader would be well-advised to side-step on their first trip abroad.
And so it fell
to Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, and her pontiff host, Pope Francis, to engage in what initially appeared to be
a linguistic muddle during the US President’s Vatican visit.
Greeting the
First Couple, the Pope asked Ms Trump if she fed her husband a nut-filled
Slovenian cake. “What are you feeding him, potica?” he asked.
The pontiff was
referring to a traditional sweet bread, which can also be filled with chocolate
or honey, and is baked in the form of a Swiss roll.
A translator
repeated the question in English and Ms Trump, who grew up in the Slovenian
town of Sevnica, replied, “potica, yes”, before both parties laughed.
However, the
Vatican initially suggested Pope Francis was not enquiring about potica,
pronounced po-teet-sah, but about another bread-based food, pizza - a mistake
repeated by some who watched the video.
The Vatican
later clarified that he had in fact been asking about the cake, and there was
no mention of whether the pontiff had been referring to the stature of Mr
Trump, who at a reported 16-and-a-half-stone has previously acknowledged he
"could lose
a little weight".
Mr Trump
met the Pope for 30 minutes on Wednesday morning, during his first overseas
trip since entering the White House.
Potica roll with walnuts, a
traditional Slovenian dessert (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
More
"It is my
desire that you become an olive tree to construct peace," the Pope said,
speaking in Spanish.
Mr Trump
responded: "We can use peace."
Pope Francis
also gave Mr Trump a signed copy of his 2017 peace message whose title is
"Nonviolence - A Style of Politics for Peace", and a copy of his 2015
letter on the need to protect the environment from the effects of climate
change.
"Well,
I'll be reading them," Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump gave
the Pope a boxed set of five first-edition books by US civil rights leader
Martin Luther King.
As Mr Trump and
the Pope said goodbye at the door of the study, the President said: "Thank
you, thank you. I won't forget what you said."
In a statement,
the Vatican said the two sides agreed on their "joint commitment in favour
of life and freedom of worship and conscience”.
The statement
continued: "It is hoped that there may be serene collaboration between the
state and the Catholic Church in the United States, engaged in service to the
people in the fields of healthcare, education and assistance to
immigrants."
It said talks also covered promoting peace
through dialogue with people of other faiths
