Author Topic: The Pope makes a phone call (Read 1111 times)

poche · « **on:** April 17, 2015, 11:33:36 PM »

Pope Francis has once again made headlines with an unexpected phone call, this time to a journalist in his native Argentina.

Alfredo Leuco, who writes for Clarin in Buenos Aires, penned an open letter to the Pontiff, urging him not to grant another photo opportunity to the country’s President Cristina de Fernandez Kirchner. With elections approaching in Argentina, Leuco wrote told the Pontiff, “A lot of people, perhaps a majority of my fellow Argentinians, think that you’re about to make a mistake.”

To Leuco’s surprise, Pope Francis responded with a personal phone call. Although he did not disclose details of the conversation, the journalist said that he had promised to try to pray. He said that the phone call was “the greatest accomplishment of my life as a journalist.”

Leuco’s open letter to the Pontiff was prompted by a report that President Kirchner would meet with the Pope on June 7. Vatican officials said that no meeting is currently on the papal schedule.

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=24648

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2015, 02:20:56 AM »

What does it all mean, Poche?

What conclusions to you want us to reach with this post?

Nadir · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2015, 05:17:52 AM »

Apart from the enigmatic nature of this article, it is appalling use of the language.

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To Leuco’s surprise, Pope Francis responded with a personal phone call. Although he did not disclose details of the conversation, the journalist said that he had promised to try to pray.”

Who promised to pray?
I mean who promised to try to pray?
Was it the journalist or the pope?

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He said that the phone call was “the greatest accomplishment of my life as a journalist.

Didn't Francis make the phone call? So what was the accomplishment of the journalist?

Curiouser and curiouser!

TKGS · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2015, 06:26:58 AM »

I hope that one of our South American members can report on this and give a point of view from the Spanish speaking world.

Perhaps the grammar problems Nadir identified is merely a problem of poor translation. When I read the opening post, I wondered the same thing because the referent of the pronoun is not clear in the sentence.

As for the accomplishment, Nadir should know that any journalist would consider the fact that something he wrote inspired a major personality to call him as a great accomplishment. That's not an issue in this article. But I do wonder who promised to try to pray. Given what Bergoglio has said in the past, the answer is, by no means, clear.

Nadir · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2015, 05:04:05 PM »

I suspect that, in making a phone call to a lowly journalist, Francis is making a point - that he just an ordinary (humble?) person.

poche · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2015, 11:58:49 PM »

To Leuco’s surprise, Pope Francis responded with a personal phone call. Although he did not disclose details of the conversation, the journalist said that he had promised to try to pray. He said that the phone call was “the greatest accomplishment of my life as a journalist.”

No details of the converstioni have been disclosed. the journalist ended by promising to try to pray. This is the key. The Pope probably asked him what his prayer life was like? "When was the last time you went to mass?" The journalist wants the Pope to follow a purely political agenda and the Pope calls on the journalist to live a more Christian life.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2015, 12:57:09 PM »

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To Leuco’s surprise, Pope Francis responded with a personal phone call. Although he did not disclose details of the conversation, the journalist said that he had promised to try to pray. He said that the phone call was “the greatest accomplishment of my life as a journalist.”

No details of the converstioni have been disclosed. the journalist ended by promising to try to pray. This is the key. The Pope probably asked him what his prayer life was like? "When was the last time you went to mass?" The journalist wants the Pope to follow a purely political agenda and the Pope calls on the journalist to live a more Christian life.

How can a journalist who received a call from someone else then turn around and tell others that this call was the greatest accomplishment of his life?

Was something lost in the translation or did the journalist somehow goad the Pope into calling him?

poche · « **Reply #7 on:** April 29, 2015, 11:20:28 PM »

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To Leuco’s surprise, Pope Francis responded with a personal phone call. Although he did not disclose details of the conversation, the journalist said that he had promised to try to pray. He said that the phone call was “the greatest accomplishment of my life as a journalist.”

No details of the converstioni have been disclosed. the journalist ended by promising to try to pray. This is the key. The Pope probably asked him what his prayer life was like? "When was the last time you went to mass?" The journalist wants the Pope to follow a purely political agenda and the Pope calls on the journalist to live a more Christian life.

How can a journalist who received a call from someone else then turn around and tell others that this call was the greatest accomplishment of his life?

Was something lost in the translation or did the journalist somehow goad the Pope into calling him?

He probably doesn't recieve a lot of phone calls.