Posted on 08/11/2021 7:21:21 PM PDT by ebb tide
Vatican City — Maybe heaven can wait, but a phone call for the pope could not.
In a decidedly unusual break from protocol, Pope Francis took a cellphone from an aide while standing at center stage in a Vatican auditorium for his weekly Wednesday audience with the public on Aug. 11. Francis, who had blessed the attendees near the event's end, chatted animatedly for a couple of minutes with whomever was on the other end.
The pope gestured with his free hand as if the caller could see him -- a common impulse for many people when talking on the phone -- while he held the device to his left ear with his other hand. Francis seemed to be explaining something and did most of the talking.
He twice moved his right hand as if he were signing something.
The Vatican declined to comment about the nature of the very public call.
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Somebody standing nearby got a photo of his screen…he was receiving a phone call from Edgar Pena Parra, a very dubious sort (both sexual and financial scandals) who was appointed by Bergoglio to a position of power.
What could have been so urgent? Arrest warrants?
In a June 3 letter to Argentine authorities, Venezuelan Abp. Edgar Peña Parra, substitute at the Vatican Secretariat of State, said that Zanchetta is "employed by the Vatican" and must be allowed "to continue his daily work" in Rome.
See the Pena Parra - Zanchetta connection?
Oh, please, let it be so.
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