Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election
By WILL WEISSERT and DAVID CRARY, Associated Press
Published: November 13, 2020, 8:58am
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It’s not exactly divine intervention, but even the pope considers the U.S. presidential race over.
President-elect Joe Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, spoke to Pope Francis on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump refusing to concede. Trump claims — without evidence — that the election was stolen from him through massive but unspecified acts of fraud.
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