Bush Extends Greetings to New Pontiff ("man of great wisdom and knowledge.")
FOX News | Tuesday, April 19, 2005

 
President Bush on Tuesday called newly elected Pope Benedict XVI a "man of great wisdom and knowledge."

He is "a man who serves the Lord," Bush said of the pope, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who has been a leading church hard-liner.

Bush, standing next to first lady Laura Bush, recalled how they had listened to Ratzinger's homily at Pope John Paul II's funeral 11 days earlier.

"We remember well his sermon at the pope's funeral in Rome, how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions," Bush said.
 

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