Waiting for Obama
US President Barack Obama will come to Rome on July 10 to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.
I was told yesterday that the two will have about 30 minutes face-to-face, and it was my understanding that during some part of that meeting, no one else would be present.
I would like to get this clarified: Will the two men be totally alone, or will there be one or two advisors along with them?
(Translators should not be necessary, as Benedict speaks English well, although he prefers to speak in his native German, or in Italian...)
The journalists who will be able to go up into the papal library with Obama will see the two men together for only a minute or so. Then Obama and Benedict, in private, will speak directly to one another, without intermediaries.
What will they say?
No one knows.
But Obama, in an evident "lead-up" to the meeting, met on Thursday in Washington with several Catholic journalists, answering their questions and making clear his own positions.
To read more of this special report By Robert Moynihan, reporting from Rome
Click HERE
But Obama, in an evident "lead-up" to the meeting, met on Thursday in Washington with several Catholic journalists, answering their questions and making clear his own positions.
To read more of this special report By Robert Moynihan, reporting from Rome
Click HERE
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