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Catholic President Joe Biden will not attend Benedict XVI’s funeral | Catholic News Agency

By Thomas A. Smith

The White House press secretary has confirmed that President Joe Biden will not be attending the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Thursday.

In response to a question from journalist Owen Jensen with EWTN News on Jan. 3, Karine Jean-Pierre said that the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, will represent the United States at the funeral of the pope in line with the wishes of the late pope and the Vatican. This is what their requests were.

via www.catholicnewsagency.com

So many reasons one would not want Joe Biden at one’s funeral.