{"id":3172,"date":"2005-08-30T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/pope-meets-with-oriana-fallaci.html"},"modified":"2005-08-30T18:00:52","modified_gmt":"2005-08-30T18:00:52","slug":"pope-meets-with-oriana-fallaci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/pope-meets-with-oriana-fallaci.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope meets with Oriana Fallaci?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s the report<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, a strident critic of Islam, Vatican sources confirmed.<\/p>\n

The 76-year-old writer, who describes herself as an atheist Christian and was sued in Italy for insulting the Muslim faith in one of her books, asked to meet the pope, a source said.<\/p>\n

The meeting on Saturday between Benedict XVI and the former war correspondent became public only after Fallaci’s associates let slip that the meeting took place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the interview in the WSJ in which she expressed her admiration for him.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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