Thursday, January 24, 2013

Queen Elizabeth won’t be meeting Pope in March

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.