1. The President and the Pontiff: not yet friends, still not enemies
- Author:
- Daniel Parenkov
- Publication Date:
- 05-2017
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Rethinking Russia
- Abstract:
- Donald Trump needed to visit to the Vatican to change the opinion that there were serious differences between the new Administration and the Holy See, expressed in the media. After their mutual attacks during the US electoral campaign and negative reaction of the Catholic community to Trump’s first legislative initiatives, the meeting with Pope Francis was aimed at restoring president’s relations with the world’s biggest religion and sending a positive message to its 70 million followers in the United States.
- Topic:
- Religion, Catholic Church, and Donald Trump
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Vatican city, and United States of America