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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:55 AM
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Pope Benedict's creature comforts
By David Willey
BBC Rome Correspondent



The new Pope brought some home comforts with him to the Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI, the 78-year-old former German Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, is making himself at home inside the Vatican.

A few days after his election the new pope moved his furniture, his books and his personal belongings across the road, from his former apartment in a block of flats owned by the Vatican into the official papal residence. It is on the top floor of the centuries-old Apostolic Palace.

And he took his upright piano with him.

Unlike his immediate predecessor, who enjoyed singing but had something of a tin ear, the new Pope is a lover of classical music and likes to play Mozart and Bach for relaxation and pleasure.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4539613.stm
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:58 AM
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1. He wasn't allowed to take his cats?
What's up with that, no pets in the Vatican?
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:01 AM
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2. He should take them anyway
He's the verdammt Pope, he should be able to! :D
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