You caught me: papal congrats for reporter who ‘did his job’

Unluckily for Pope Francis, what should have been a secret visit to a music shop went viral when a reporter saw him

16 January 2022 - 18:06 By Philip Pullella

Pope Francis has congratulated the reporter who caught him visiting old friends who run a Rome record shop this week, joking that it was his “bad luck” that the news got out...

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