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In reply to the discussion: Snap! Pope asks Melania "what do you give him to eat"? [View all]Ilsa
(61,676 posts)8. I don't think she was raised Catholic, but
she may actually like the pope and wants to show deference to him.
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I thought the head veil, covering of the knees and shoulders was protocol in the Vatican.
woodsprite
May 2017
#39
No, he spoke in Italian. Like many Europeans, M. probably knows more than her native Slovenian and
WinkyDink
May 2017
#26
Maybe she was bewildered by the suggestion that its her job to feed the big cheetoman.
milestogo
May 2017
#49
I know that. I posted for those who denigrate her knowledge simply because of how she's risen in the
WinkyDink
May 2017
#28
She understood the Pope's Italian enough to know he was making a joke. Do you not know he would
WinkyDink
May 2017
#32
Trivia: Potizza belongs to a "family" of cakes found everywhere in Eastern Europe.
DetlefK
May 2017
#19
"Say lady, what do you feed this water buffalo?"...... "You mean other than my soul?" nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2017
#38