Roll Call: Obama Asks Pope to Pray for Kennedy

[flpoljunkie]

Obama Asks Pope to Pray for Kennedy

July 10, 2009, 2:58 p.m.
By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff

President Barack Obama on Friday asked Pope Benedict XVI to pray for the ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who has been battling brain cancer.

Obama, who met with the pontiff at the Vatican, also delivered to the pope a letter from Kennedy, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs said the contents of the letter were not known to the White House.

Gibbs said Obama and the pope discussed a variety of matters and concluded their session with a discussion of Kennedy.

The president “asked that the Holy Father pray for Kennedy, who as we all know is ill and whose brother obviously broke an important barrier in our country by being the first Catholic president elected of the United States,” Gibbs said.

After the meeting, Obama spoke with Kennedy by phone for about 10 minutes to tell him he had delivered the letter. Kennedy has been absent from the Senate for much of the last year as he battles the cancer, first discovered in May 2008.

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[politicasista]

1. Hope Uncle Ted is ok

He deserves to live to see his health care project come into fruition. :(


On edit: Very nice of President Obama. :patriot:

[babylonsister]

2. That is so nice of President Obama. I hope Sen. Kennedy found

some comfort in the gesture and the fact that his letter was hand-delivered.

[Fire1]

5. +1

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Very considerate of him. I think Sen. Kennedy is a practicing Catholic so

this might please him. I hope he will be well.

[karynnj]

4. What a nice thing to do for Kennedy

He deserves it.

[Cha]

6. That is a beautiful

connection. Something postitive for Senator Kennedy.

[applegrove]

7. Vibes to Ted.

[Clio the Leo]

8. Sounds like a good idea. I'll send a few up myself. NT

[FrenchieCat]

9. That made my eyes moist.

[tomm2thumbs]

10. seems a nice tactic, considering they were blocking Caroline Kennedy as Vatican Ambassador I believe

Sort of the 'hey, get your pope-hat on straight about why you are here on this planet fella' - to serve God and his people - not your political ends.