A teenager who wrote to Pope Francis got a shock when the Catholic leader called him up for a chat — the latest example of the pontiff’s down-to-earth approach.
Francis called up a journalist friend on the day of his election and even phoned a newspaper stand in Buenos Aires to cancel his subscription.
Stefano Cabizza, a 19-year-old student from Padua in northeast Italy, had sent a letter to the pope, the local Il Gazzettino daily said on Aug. 22. But he said he never expected the phone to ring and a voice on the other end to say, “Hello, it’s the pope.” Cabizza said that the two “laughed and chatted for eight minutes” and that Francis had blessed him.
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The pope, formerly the archbishop of Buenos Aires, makes many calls directly in a break with protocol under which calls are usually handled by aides or at least through the Vatican switchboard.
(Liberty Times)
一名寫信給教宗方濟的青少年，在這位天主教領袖打電話給他聊天時嚇了一跳。這是教宗親民作風的最新一例。
方濟在他當選教宗當天打電話給記者朋友，甚至打給布宜諾斯艾利斯一家書報攤取消訂報。
地方報《加澤蒂諾報》八月二十二日報導，來自義大利東北部巴多瓦的十九歲學生史蒂芬諾‧卡比薩，寄了一封信給教宗。但他說，他從沒料到電話會響起，另一端的聲音會說：「哈囉，我是教宗。」卡比薩說，兩人「笑著閒聊了八分鐘」，方濟還為他祈禱。
先前擔任布宜諾斯艾利斯主教的教宗常常親自打電話，打破教宗的電話通常由助理處理，至少是透過教廷總機轉接的規矩。
（自由時報／翻譯：自由時報國際新聞中心）
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