Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has backpedaled on a
planned trip to the Vatican to apologize to Pope Francis, whom he called
a “son of a whore.”
In his first press conference since winning the Philippines’ election last week, Duterte said the visit would be an “exercise in duplicity,” though an Agence France-Presse report from the conference failed to clarify exactly what he meant by this.
http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2016/05/rodrigo-duterte-cancels-plans-apologize-pope-francis-person/?newsletter=1
In his first press conference since winning the Philippines’ election last week, Duterte said the visit would be an “exercise in duplicity,” though an Agence France-Presse report from the conference failed to clarify exactly what he meant by this.
http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2016/05/rodrigo-duterte-cancels-plans-apologize-pope-francis-person/?newsletter=1
