US President Joe Biden had an awkward interaction with a reporter when the latter asked him if we would attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. Mourners filled St. Peter’s Square to pay their last respects to the Pope. Nearly 100,000 people are expected to attend the funeral, up from the original estimate of 60,000, according to reports.
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Although, Joe Biden will not be able to attend the funeral, he reported in an exchange with EWTN’s Owen Jensen.
The reporter asked Joe Biden: “However, tomorrow you will not attend his funeral, why?”
“Well, why do you think?” Joe Biden responded quickly.
“Well, tell me,” the reporter asked, to which Joe Biden replied, “You know why,” and then the reporter asked again, “Can you tell me.”
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“The reason I won’t be attending the funeral tomorrow is that it would take a retinue of a thousand people to show up. We would move everything in the wrong direction,” Joe Biden said, adding: “We would just get in the way.”
Earlier, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said US Ambassador Joe Donnelly would represent the country at the funeral.
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“The United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, will represent the United States at the Pope’s funeral, in accordance with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican. what were his wishes. So that’s what we’re seeing in the United States,” said Karine Jean-Pierre.
Pope Benedict died on Saturday at the age of 95.
