Pope and ex-pope pray together in Christmas meeting

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Pope and ex-pope pray together in Christmas meeting

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-ex-pope-pray-together-christmas-meeting-062454179.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kmYcoxe6vgx5AHnsGnKR.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-24T062454Z_3_CBRE9BM1IRG00_RTROPTP_2_POPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis shakes hands with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery at the Vatican" align="left" title="Pope Francis shakes hands with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery at the Vatican" border="0" /></a>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. &quot;It's a pleasure to see you looking so well,&quot; Francis told Benedict, who in February became the first pope in 600 years to step down instead of ruling for life. Television footage released by the Vatican - only the fourth time Benedict has been filmed since his resignation - showed him looking alert and in better health than on previous occasions.</p><br clear="all"/>

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