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What would you say if you received a call from the Pope?
Pope dials strangers; paper offers telephone tipsBy NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) - A word of warning to those who write personal notes to Pope Francis: He might just call you back.
Francis has charmed the masses with his informal style, simplicity and sense of humor - and a handful of strangers have gotten the treatment up close, receiving papal phone calls out of the blue after writing him or suffering some personal tragedy.
After another random phone call from the pope this week, Italy's leading Corriere della Sera daily offered etiquette tips for the lucky recipients, proposing conversation starters and no-go areas on its front page Friday.
Topping the list: Be ready, especially if the land line rings.
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What would you say if you received a call from the Pope? (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Aug 2013
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Downwinder
(12,869 posts)1. "Boy, did you get a wrong number."
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)2. I really like Francis.
My favorite expression when realizing I'd got myself in a pickle was always to wonder, "How am I going to explain this one to the pope?" Heaven, family, and priests and nuns didn't concern me too much since I felt like I knew them pretty well. But that guy in Rome, he was a little more of an unknown.
47of74
(18,470 posts)3. He called the brother of a murder victim..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12213111
That was really nice of Francis to call the victim's brother to offer his sympathies and prayers.
That was really nice of Francis to call the victim's brother to offer his sympathies and prayers.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)4. I wouldn't know what to say
My jaw would be too far from my mouth to be able to speak.