The Rev. Seán Connolly, pastor at the Parish of Saint Margaret of Cortona in the Bronx, told Newsmax on Monday that former President Joe Biden’s statement honoring the late Pope Francis echoed “sentiments that are … felt by Catholics across the world.”
The Vatican announced Monday that Francis died at 88. He had recently spent several weeks in the hospital after being diagnosed with double pneumonia and other health problems.
Connolly, appearing on “National Report,” noted that Biden was only the second Catholic to hold the highest office, “so it’s a unique perspective that he has and expressing his condolences.”
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