Rome Report.
Also exchanged from
the pope included a large bronze medallion of an angel representing
solidarity and peace. The angel is “embracing and bringing together the
northern and southern hemispheres of the earth, while overcoming the
opposition of a dragon,” the Vatican said.
However, Pope Francis specified that the
gift was actually a personal gesture from him, “from Jorge Bergoglio.
When I saw it, I said: ‘I’ll give it to Obama; it’s the angel of peace,”
he told the U.S. president.
The other medal, which the pope said,
“is from the pope,” is a replica of a 17th-century medallion
commemorating the laying of the first stone of Bernini’s colonnade in
St. Peter’s Square.
“This gift is from the Pope. But
this other one is from Jorge Bergoglio. When I saw it, I said: “I’ll
give to Obama, it’s the Angel of Peace.”
