Pope meets swimming world championships athletes, praises their “exciting performance”

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday met athletes participating in the swimming world championships in Rome and urged them to act as role models for fellow youths “in sports and in life.”

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: White House staffers, Malia and Sasha, meet Pope Benedict XVI, too

VATICAN CITY — If one career highlight was getting Barack Obama elected president, another might be meeting the pope.

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