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POPE-CIAMPI May-3-2005 (250 words) With photos. xxxi
Italian president meets privately with Pope Benedict
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was the first head of state to have a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
Ciampi and his wife, Franca, who had been close to Pope John Paul II, already met the new pope April 24 after his installation Mass, but returned for a special audience May 3.
The Italian president and his wife invited Pope Benedict to visit their official residence, the Quirinal Palace, which once was a papal residence.
Pope Benedict accepted the invitation and will make his visit June 24, said Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman.
Although the presidential visit was not an official state visit, the Vatican rolled out the red carpet, with a large platoon of Swiss Guards and a band playing the Italian national anthem.
Pope Benedict left his private library to greet Ciampi in the Room of Sts. Peter and Paul, then led him into the library for a 20-minute private discussion. The president's wife and entourage entered later to meet the pope and exchange gifts.
The Ciampis gave Pope Benedict a 15th-century chalice and paten that had been used by Pope Pius IX. The president explained it had been found in an antique shop, and he and his wife wanted it returned to the Vatican.
The pope gave the president and his wife a small wooden statue of Our Lady of Ortisei, which the pope explained was a small town in the German-speaking Alto Adige region of northern Italy.
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