Pope and ex-Pope Pray Together in Christmas Meeting

Pope Francis made a Christmas visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict on Monday and said he found his 86-year-old predecessor looking well, according to television footage released by the Vatican.   Francis, who was elected in March, spent about 30 minutes with Benedict in an ex-convent on the Vatican grounds where the former pope has been living in near isolation.   “It's a pleasure to see you looking so well,” Francis told Benedict, who in February became the first pope in 600...

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