Friday, February 23, 2007

Pope to meet Putin in March: report

AFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:14 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on March 13, the Catholic news agency Asianews reported Thursday, quoting "unofficial Orthodox sources."

A Vatican spokesman confirmed that the visit was on the pope's calendar, while noting that it would be contingent on Putin's coming to Italy for a summit with embattled Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

The prime minister tendered his resignation Wednesday after suffering a foreign policy defeat in the Senate, but President Giorgio Napolitano is unlikely to accept it.

A Russian diplomat said in Moscow that Putin would meet the pope if he comes to Italy to meet with Prodi at a summit currently scheduled for March 14 in the southern city of Bari.
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