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Leon Panetta to Pope Benedict: ‘Pray for Me’
posted on January 18, 2013While visiting Vatican City, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attended Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly general audience, writes Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post. Receiving a blessing after the address, Whitlock reports that the Pope told Panetta, “Thank you for helping to keep the world safe.”