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Its 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 鈥?without evidence 鈥?that the ele stanley quencher ction was stolen from him through massive but unspecified acts of fraud.Bidens transition team said in a statement that the president-elect thanked Francis for extending blessings and congratulations a stanley cup nd noted his appreciation. He also saluted the pontiffs leadership in promoting peace, reconciliation, and the common bonds of humanity around the world. Biden said he hopes to work with Francis on issues such as climate change, poverty and immigrati stanley mugs on.News of the call came even as some Catholic bishops in the U.S. decline to acknowledge Bidens victory and argue that the faithful should not back him because of his support for abortion rights.On Tuesday, for example, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, tweeted that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris support the slaughter of innocents at any point during pregnancy.Biden has said he accepts church doctrine about abortion on a personal level, but does not want to impose that belief on everyone.Biden has had several phone calls this week with foreign leaders, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They have congratulated him on winning and consider the elec Elnu Strengthen testing, border control to block spread of Indian variant

Washi stanley butelka ngton Post photo by Matt McClainThe Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald at the National Portrait Gallery draw attention to the individuals rather than the office of the presidency or the role of the first lady.The Washington Post / Robin Givhan15:03 JST,ensp;September 7, 2022Former stanley cup president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will have their official portraits unveiled at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, a small but meaningful gesture of civility and continuity during these shaky times, but also a profound reminder that our reliance on decorum turns out to be a poor defense of democracy.In recent years, we ;ve learned that so many of the rules and rubrics we presumed to be ensh stanley quencher rined in the Constitution or at least affirmed by law sometime, somewhere have been little more than common practice, niceties. There are a host of traditions that this country could well do without the singing of the national anthem before sporting events, legacy admissions to elite universities, the mythologizing of bootstrap success stories. They turn patriotism into a competitive effort and treat financial success as something equally available to anyone with just a little determination. But other traditions have been invaluable in keeping the country moving forward, with leadership transferring from Democrats to Republicans, conservatives to liberals, without gunfire or bloodshed, until suddenly, it did not. In January 2021, our