AGI has a brief sidebar on the Pope's lunch today:
Pope lunches with Cardinal Tettamanzi
and other bishops of Lombardy
BRESCIA, Nov. 8 (Translated from AGI) - Pope Benedict XVI had lunch today at the Centro Pastorale Paolo XVI in Brescia shortly after 1 p.m.
With him were Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and a native Brescian; and Cardinal Paul Poupard, emeritus Prefect of teh Pontifical Council for Culture, who was involved, witH Cardinal Ratzinger, in the early activities of the Istituto Paul VI; and his diocesan host, Mons, Luciano Monari, Bishop of Brescia.
Among the other bishops present were Monsignors Claudio Baggini (Vigevano), Dante Lafranconi (Cremona), Diego Coletti (Como), Francesco Beschi (Bergamo), Giovanni Giudici (Pavia).
The menu featured pheasant carpaccio in vinaigrette and truffles' risotto with zucchini flowers, saffron and cheese; beef shank with crisp-fried vegetables and grated horseradish; and a dessert called 'autumn flavors'
[not described] .
The meal was prepared by the chefs of Miramonti l'Altro and La Sosta, both Brescian restaurants.
The Pastoral Center is a multi-purpose facility that hosts conferences and has hotel and restraurant services.
P.S. Cardinal Martini was at
the luncheon with the Pope!
reports that -
The Pope lunched in the company of, among others, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, earlier today. The emeritus Archbishop of Milan was seated next to the Pope, and witnesses say they seemed to have a long chat.
I'd be so mortified if I were the AGI reporter who missed reporting the presence of Cardinal Martini!!!!
Either he/she missed it completely, or APCOM has its story wrong...
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 08/11/2009 23:23]