“No esta bien eso,” Pope Francis responded in Spanish, which translates to “that’s not right.”
Not long after he arrived in Bolivia, Pope Francis was presented with a gift from the nation’s president — and the Catholic leader didn’t seem appreciative.
In video footage posted online Thursday, Bolivian President Evo Morales can be seen presenting the Pope with a crucifix that’s shaped like the communist hammer and sickle.
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Rome Reports sums up the awkward moment: “The Pope was not amused, and he let the president know about it.”
As NewsBusters and the Wall Street Journal note, President Morales also “draped a medallion over [the pope’s] neck that bore the hammer and sickle.”
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