Queen Elizabeth II is not expected to visit the
Vatican when she goes to Rome this coming 6-7 March.
No meeting has been
scheduled therefore between her and Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican
Press Office reports.
The Queen has always met the Pope on previous
visits to the Italian capital: She met John XXIII in 1961 and John Paul
II in 1980 and 2000.
She also met Benedict XVI in Edinburgh on 16
September 2010 during the Pope’s visit to the UK.