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Man hangs up on Pope Francis, thinking it’s a prank call

Deacon Greg Kandra - published on 05/01/15

Yeah, this sounds like something I’d do: 

An Italian man hung up the phone on Pope Francis twice thinking he was being pranked, but later apologised to him for his error, the Vatican newspaper, l’Osservatore Romano, has reported. The pontiff, who often contacts strangers who write to him or whose problems he hears about, called Franco Rabuffi on Monday to comfort him as he was sick. Rabuffi disconnected the call twice thinking it was a hoax. It was only when the pope rang back a third time that Rabuffi took him seriously. “I was speechless but Francis came to my rescue, saying that what had happened was funny,” he told the newspaper.

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