Satirical News Service
Washington, DC
SNS has learned today that a private meeting occurred between Wikileaker Edward Snowden and Pope Francis during the pope's historic trip to the United States. After receiving a surprise phone call from a church official, the former NSA employee traveled to Washington, D.C. in disguise, where he briefly met the pope Sept. 24 at the Vatican Embassy, right after his meeting with Kim Davis.
“I was crying. I had tears coming out of my eyes,” Snowden said in an exclusive interview with Satirical News. “I'm just a nobody, so it was really humbling to think he would want to meet or know me.I put my hand out and he reached and he grabbed it, and I hugged him and he hugged me,” Snowden said. “And then he said, ‘thank you for your courage.’”
Father Benedettini from the Vatican Press office released a statement after reports emerged that Snowden and the pope had met.
“The Holy See is aware of the reports of Edward Snowden meeting with the Holy Father. The Vatican does not confirm the meeting, nor does it deny the meeting. There will be no further information given,“ the statement reads.
Hours later, Father Benedettini said, in another statement, “I do not deny that the meeting took place, but I will not comment on it further."
The Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. would also not elaborate, echoing the Vatican's latest statement.
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