11/12/2020 3:44 PM
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Updated 11/12/2020 3:44 PM
Pope Francis spoke by phone on Thursday with the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, to give him his "blessings and congratulations" on his victory, the transition team of the future Democratic president said in a statement.
"The president-elect thanked His Holiness for extending his blessings and congratulations and
noted his appreciation for His Holiness's leadership
in promoting peace, reconciliation and the common bonds of humanity around the world," they wrote in the statement. issued by Biden's office.
Biden, 77,
is the second Catholic elected to the United States presidency
after John F. Kennedy in 1960.
Meanwhile, the current US president, Donald Trump, is one of the few who continues to deny the Democrat's victory and threatens to continue for a long time.
Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Photo EFE.
Messages from foreign leaders to Biden could not be read at the State Department, as Trump blocked the transition from the next administration.
In normal presidential transitions, the president-elect can leverage State Department resources to better record and translate communications between the incoming administration and world leaders, CNN reported.
With Trump refusing to budge, Biden and his team have taken on the task privately, without government support.
America's top Democratic senator has warned his fellow Republicans that they are "poisoning" democracy by continuing to refuse to acknowledge victory.
"We just had a close and divided presidential election," Senate Democratic Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer
told reporters
.
"But instead of working to unite the country and be able to fight against our common enemy, Covid-19, Republicans in Congress are spreading conspiracy theories, denying reality and poisoning the source of our democracy," said the legislator. , quoted by the AFP news agency.
Source: AFP.
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