Friday, January 20, 2012

Belate Happy Birthday Georg


The Pope's brother Georg was 88 last Sunday.
I am intrigued by these fraternal telephone conversations, has brother Georg been suggesting his own bishop as Prefect of the CDF?
The word "Englishman" caught my attention here,

4 comments:

Nicolas Bellord said...

Reading the article I think they meant English speaker rather than Englishman. Di Noia would be an excellent choice.

umblepie said...

Not Englishman, Father, but English speaking.

Fr Ray Blake said...

Yes, yes, Englishman caught my attention, only to be a bit disappointed to find an American with an Italian name!

Richard said...

Yes, although they clearly say "Englishman" in the first paragraph, it turns out they are talking about (as Fr Blake says) an American with an Italian name.

This from one of the main Italian newspapers.

Says a lot about the Italian understanding of the rest of the world!

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