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Related: About this forumFrancis Renews I.D. As Regular Argentine
Pope Francis wants to travel the world as a regular Argentine and not a privileged citizen of the Vatican City microstate, Argentina said on Monday.The head of the Catholic Church and former bishop of Buenos Aires has asked his birth country to renew his passport and identification card, the country's interior and transportation ministry said.
"Francis specifically asked not to enjoy any privileges so his new identification card and passport have been processed through the usual administrative channels," Minister Florencio Randazzo said ...
Francis already holds a passport issued by the Vatican, Randazzo said.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/passport-fit-pope-francis-renews-i-d-regular-argentine-n32551
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Francis Renews I.D. As Regular Argentine (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
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I'd guess there isn't a place on the Argentinian form to explain one's views of current issues
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#3
I think one's views on Uganda should be required before Argentina issues anyone a passport.
rug
Feb 2014
#4
One might be justified in wondering, why the renewal of Jorge Bergoglio's passport...
trotsky
Feb 2014
#6
I am sorry you do not share my concern about the vicious anti-gay Ugandan legislation.
trotsky
Feb 2014
#10
And, with the usual Argentine bureaucratic efficiency, he should receive his papers
Common Sense Party
Feb 2014
#5
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. That is interesting. I would love to know the reasoning behind this.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)2. Did he manage to sputter a word about Uganda?
Of course not.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)3. I'd guess there isn't a place on the Argentinian form to explain one's views of current issues
rug
(82,333 posts)4. I think one's views on Uganda should be required before Argentina issues anyone a passport.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)6. One might be justified in wondering, why the renewal of Jorge Bergoglio's passport...
is so incredibly newsworthy as to warrant posting here, but the stance of the leader of Christianity's largest sect on the latest vile piece of anti-homosexual hatred to come out of a largely Catholic/Anglican country isn't.
President Obama, possibly a man almost as busy as Bergoglio, found time to voice his opposition and stand up for human rights.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/uganda-anti-gay-law-barack-obama
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)7. You are, of course, free to start threads here
trotsky
(49,533 posts)8. As I am also free to comment on yours. n/t
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)9. Have a nice trawl!
trotsky
(49,533 posts)10. I am sorry you do not share my concern about the vicious anti-gay Ugandan legislation.
We each have our priorities, I guess. Do let us know how Bergoglio's passport is coming along!
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)5. And, with the usual Argentine bureaucratic efficiency, he should receive his papers
in about six years.