The 90-year-old Italian atheist who twice interviewed Pope Francis has revealed that he asked the pontiff to bless his family.
Eugenio Scalfari, one of Italy’s most prominent atheist intellectuals and for 20 years the editor of the newspaper La Repubblica, said the Pope had visited his family and blessed them following his request.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said: “I have told the Pope something else. I want him to bless my family.
“’Whatever you want’, he told me.”
“’Just call me and I will receive your family and bless them’.”
Scalfari’s comments were aired last week in the United Kingdom.
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