Pope Benedict to meet President Bush in Tower

6/11/2008
Catholic News Agency (www.catholicnewsagency.com)

The Vatican said the unusual venue was chosen to repay Bush for �the cordiality of the meeting at the White House� during the Pope�s U.S. visit in April.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Benedict XVI will meet with President George W. Bush in a restored medieval tower on Friday.

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the unusual venue was chosen to repay Bush for �the cordiality of the meeting at the White House� during the Pope�s U.S. visit in April.

Although the Pope usually receives heads of state in his private study in the Apostolic Palace, overlooking St. Peter�s Square, the upcoming meeting will take place on the upper deck of St. John�s tower, a round structure on a hilltop inside the Vatican gardens.

The tower, which Pope John XXIII restored the tower as a place he could work in peace, is sometimes used as a residence for important guests.

After their private talks, President Bush and Pope Benedict will walk in the gardens to see a statue of the Madonna.

President Bush will be in Rome from Wednesday until Friday. He will also tour Slovenia, Germany, Italy, France and Britain.

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