Biden, sitting against the world leaders section at Pope’s Funeral, takes a selfie
Former President Joe Biden He was among many global celebrities attending Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican on Saturday, but not the leader of the free world, everything remains the same.
Biden was accompanied by his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden, but they were not sitting near the president. Donald Trump and leaders of other worlds. Instead, the couple sat facing the back of the foreign high-ranking department.
“Biden is no longer part of the Cool Kids Club,” one account commented on X, sharing an image of Biden near the back of the funeral section.
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“Lmao! They’ve returned to Pope Francis’ funeral,” another commented on X.
“Look at how much he’s lost.”
“They placed Biden behind the Pope’s funeral like a dog,” another X user wrote.
“Joe Biden was treated like a nursing home patient on the world stage. Another person posted on X, showing a former president far from Trump and other world leaders.
Biden was also seen escorting to his seat by his wife and priest, clutching both and moving with caution.
Upon reaching the seating area, Biden took a selfie with the Vice-Speaker of Congress, Thomas Tayeb, Uganda, before the Pope’s funeral began.
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Biden posed in a few other photos, attending the funeral and posing with other mourners, laughing at each snapshot.
Biden, The second Catholic US President, According to the conference’s transcript FDROM, he and Pope Francis visited the Vatican in October 2021 when they met to discuss topics such as climate change and advocacy for the poor.
Pope Francis will meet President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the Apostles Palace on October 29, 2021 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Biden had met Pope Francis on several other occasions, including during his 2015 Pope’s visit to the United States.
Biden also met with Pope Francis at the G7 Leader Summit in Apria, Italy in June. There, they discussed the ongoing Israeli-Hamas War, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Biden, Who awarded Pope Francis The President’s Medal of Freedom in January described him as a “consequential” leader, “Pope for Everyone.”
“He was different from the person who came before him,” Biden said in an X post Monday morning. “Pope Francis is remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time, and I am better than I knew him. For decades, he never stopped his mission to serve the most vulnerable people in all of Argentina and to serve the poor.
Francis, who fought pneumonia for several weeks before being released from hospital, Facing health complications For years, half of his lungs were removed when he was young.
Francis, 88, passed away Monday morning at the Vatican the day after Easter.
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Dr Andrea Arkangeri, head of the Vatican’s Health Bureau, said the Pope ultimately caused heart failure, which left him in a brain stroke that caused irreversible heart failure.
He was the first Jesuit to become Pope on March 13, 2013.
The Pope’s final public appearance came on Easter Sunday at St. Peter’s Square.
Biden’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Diana Stancy of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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