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ALWAYS AND EVER OUR MOST BELOVED BENEDICTUS XVI
EIGHT YEARS AND THREE MONTHS AGO,
on April 19, 2005,
Ratzinger was elected Pope.
OUR LOVE AND PRAYERS, YOUR HOLINESS!
AD MULTOS ANNOS!
 
In addition to three telephone calls before they first met in Castel Gandolfo on March 23, Pope Francis has since met four times in as many months with his predecessor. Much to the teeth-gnashing chagrin, no doubt, of those Francis sycophants who seem to consider Benedict XVI as a reprehensible character not worthy to even touch the sole of Francis's shoe! So how come Francis seems to be not at all averse to reaching out to his predecessor when he wants to?
Francis meets Benedict XVI
to talk about Brazil trip
VATICAN CITY, July 19, 2013 (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a visit to his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict on Friday ahead of his trip next week to Brazil, a visit originally scheduled to have been made by Benedict.
Benedict was to have presided at World Youth Day, a gathering of young Catholics from around the globe, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro July 22-28.
But he resigned on February 28, saying he no longer had the strength to run the 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church. He was the first pontiff in 600 years to step down instead of reigning for life.
Francis spent more than 30 minutes with Benedict, who is living in a former convent on the Vatican grounds, and gave him a program of the trip in case he wanted to watch events on television, the Vatican said.
It is Francis's first trip outside Italy since he was elected on March 13, and takes the Argentine pontiff to the continent of his birth.
Pope Francis meets Benedict,
asks for his prayers during WYD
by Edward Pentin
July 19, 2013
Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI this afternoon to ask the former Pontiff to “spiritually accompany him in prayer” during his visit to Brazil for World Youth Day next week.
The Vatican said the Holy Father called in on the Pope Emeritus shortly after 4pm and brought with him a booklet covering the program of the trip so that Benedict can participate spiritually and follow the transmission of the events.
Benedict XVI, who was originaly scheduled to go to Rio until he announced his retirement in February, "assured him of his prayers, recalling the intense and wonderful experiences of his past world meetings with young people in Cologne, Sydney and Madrid.”
The Vatican said the meeting started “with a moment of prayer” in the chapel, followed by a “cordial conversation” that lasted half an hour.
Pope Francis leaves for Rio on July 22th and returns on 28th. Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi has said the visit will be "a bit of an adventure", particularly as Francis is known to be "full of surprises".
It's also been announced that the Pope will not be giving the customary news conference on the papal plane, but does intend to personally greet each of the 71 [I think the number is 17!] journalists and media personnel on board.
P.S. The Vatican did not post the communique on which Reuters and Pentin based their stories, yesterday, June 19 - I kept looking it up in vain on the Vatican websites - but today, June 20. And even Vatican Radio's story on the event is datelined today, June 20. You'd think the event was important enough to be promptly reported, wouldn't you? Either it's the usual inrermittent 'lack' of professionalism in the Vatican's own media, or the Vatican media panjandrums really did not think it was newsworthy eenough to be reported promptly! Or someone who is able to call the shots just has an animus against Benedict XVI and rejects teh very idea that Francis could even think to consult him on anything!
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