Mario Batali Has Choice Words for Pope Francis: ‘Why Would He Meet with That Woman?’
Mario Batali Has Choice Words for Pope Francis: Why Would He Meet with That Woman?
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During a cooking demonstration at New York Citys Eataly cooking school, as a part of the New York edition of Identità Golose (an international cooking convention in Milan), TV personality and Italian restaurant guru Mario Batali had something to say about Pope Francis and the encounter:
I am going to potentially meet (Pope Francis), and I want to ask him just one question: Why would the Pope want to meet the one woman who wouldnt want to give out marriage certificates to gay people? Mario Batali said. He received enthusiastic applause for his comment from an audience that had been paying rapt attention to the chefs demo of homemade goat cheese tortelloni (a larger tortellini).
Eventually Batali relented, letting audience members know that it seemed unbelievable that the Pope he knows would even entertain a meeting with Davis. I think they made it up on the Internet because this is not that guy, he said. This is a guy who is eating with the hungry and homeless people. Hes not going to meet someone whos refusing to do something for people. Hes just not that guy.
The Vatican yesterday issued a statement saying, The pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis, and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.