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To: sinkspur

>>>>>Does Ratzinger speak English?

It is being reported that Ratzinger is fluent in both English and Italian. The omission would seem to be Spanish, not English.

2,540 posted on 04/19/2005 1:31:41 PM PDT by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")

To: Thorin; sinkspur

EWTN's airing the Ratzinger interview throughout the day...(in English)

2,544 posted on 04/19/2005 1:35:53 PM PDT by gopwinsin04

To: Thorin

With respects to John Paul the Great, Benedict's English is better...just a touch of Bavarian accent. Very clear.

2,639 posted on 04/19/2005 2:58:31 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shephard on the Throne of Peter)

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