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George Maloney, the new Prime Minister of Italy, pays respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter's

Basilica, is the headline describing the events of these last days and the honoring and laying

the rest of Pope Benedict XVI. You will recall he was Pope between the first decade and the

second decade of the 21st century. Lorenzo Fiore of the Anzalda Foundation is here to

help me understand what the passing of a Pope means to the people of Italy. Lorenzo,

a very good evening to you. Good evening, John, and good evening to all the

radio listeners. If I may, I would also wish happy new year to everybody. Well, you know

Italy is a Catholic country. Also, maybe the people are not following so much the religion,

tradition as it was some years ago. We are at the very end, very Catholic, and the Pope

is a part of our culture, of our tradition ever since. So when the French, the Pope,

Francesco said that Benedict XVI was not in good condition and asked everybody to pray

for him. All the Italians started to get moved and think about this, maybe to the Pope,

seeing the few hours of his life. And there was a pilgrimage to Rome for thousands and

thousands of Italians. First to tribute their, let's say, visit to the body of Benedict XVI

exposed in St. Peter's Cathedral. And second also to attend the funeral. There were at least

100,000 Italians and foreigners attending the funeral. Because something that is very much

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