The Sarkozys Meet the Pope, Avoid Exploding into Flames
The three-times married French President Nicholas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni, who has had some un-saint-like fun in her day, went beyond protocol requirements to personally meet Pope Benedict, who began a three-day tour of France yesterday.
The Pope is hoping to boost declining Catholicism in the French republic which has a policy of strict separation of church and state.
As for dressing for the occasion, Carla Bruni was in her prim and proper First Lady guise, and Pope Benedict - possibly to impress the former super-model - was rocking some cool red loafers:
The Pope is hoping to boost declining Catholicism in the French republic which has a policy of strict separation of church and state.
As for dressing for the occasion, Carla Bruni was in her prim and proper First Lady guise, and Pope Benedict - possibly to impress the former super-model - was rocking some cool red loafers:
And, did Carla need some cajoling to shake the Pope's hand? She's eyeing it like he was just holding dog poop ('Come on, mon petite, it's just a bit of poop, non?):
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