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       #Post#: 1672--------------------------------------------------
       Man Hangs up on the  Pope 
       By: Kerry Date: May 1, 2015, 6:05 pm
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       This is an amusing story from the Guardian
  HTML http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/pope-francis-phone-call-pontiff?CMP=edit_2221,<br
       />and it seems  Pope Francis also found it amusing:
       An Italian man hung up the phone on Pope Francis twice thinking
       he was being pranked, but later apologised to him for his error,
       the Vatican newspaper, l’Osservatore Romano, has reported.
       The pontiff, who often contacts strangers who write to him or
       whose problems he hears about, called Franco Rabuffi on Monday
       to comfort him as he was sick.
       Rabuffi disconnected the call twice thinking it was a hoax. It
       was only when the pope rang back a third time that Rabuffi took
       him seriously. “I was speechless but Francis came to my rescue,
       saying that what had happened was funny,” he told the newspaper.
       Rabuffi, along with his wife, appeared before the pope during
       the Vatican’s general audience on Wednesday and apologised for
       his mistake.
       #Post#: 2624--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Man Hangs up on the  Pope 
       By: CatholicCrusader Date: July 21, 2015, 6:16 am
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       [quote author=Kerry link=topic=179.msg1672#msg1672
       date=1430521504]
       This is an amusing story from the Guardian
  HTML http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/pope-francis-phone-call-pontiff?CMP=edit_2221,<br
       />and it seems  Pope Francis also found it amusing:
       An Italian man hung up the phone on Pope Francis twice thinking
       he was being pranked, but later apologised to him for his error,
       the Vatican newspaper, l’Osservatore Romano, has reported.
       The pontiff, who often contacts strangers who write to him or
       whose problems he hears about, called Franco Rabuffi on Monday
       to comfort him as he was sick.
       Rabuffi disconnected the call twice thinking it was a hoax. It
       was only when the pope rang back a third time that Rabuffi took
       him seriously. “I was speechless but Francis came to my rescue,
       saying that what had happened was funny,” he told the newspaper.
       Rabuffi, along with his wife, appeared before the pope during
       the Vatican’s general audience on Wednesday and apologised for
       his mistake.
       [/quote]
       I probably would have done the same thing.
       #Post#: 2630--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Man Hangs up on the  Pope 
       By: Kerry Date: July 21, 2015, 8:36 am
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       [quote author=CatholicCrusader link=topic=179.msg2624#msg2624
       date=1437477371]
       I probably would have done the same thing.
       [/quote]Same here.  It seems most of the calls I get now are
       like most of the mail I get -- junk.   I probably would have
       thought it was a prank or maybe a con artist.   Sometimes  if
       I'm  sure it's a trash call, I stay on the line just to waste
       their time.    I make them hang up on me.  I asked one scammer,
       "Why don't you get an honest job?"   He hung up!  ROFL
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