Bush has made several blunders during his audience to Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday [View All]

Blunders Mark Bush Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
9 June 2007, Saturday
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The US President George Bush has made several blunders during his audience to Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday.

Bush called the Pope "Sir" instead of using the generally accepted form of address "Your Holiness".

World media has also reported of the US head of state's free manners that were not corresponding to the Vatican's strict etiquette. As an example, the journalists gave the fact that Bush was sitting in the typical "Texas" pose with his legs folded.

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The pontiff has asked Bush about the three-day G8 meeting and the president described it as a "successful" one, adding it had contained "a lot of different opinions".

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Asked if his dialogue with Mr. Putin - closely watched because of a number of sharp disagreements between Russia and the West - had been good, Mr. Bush responded with a smile as reporters were being ushered out of the room.

"I'll tell you in a minute," he said.