Pope Benedict Does His First Talk Show from the Vatican

 

The Pope, in his first TV interview

Pope Benedict XVI took part in a TV interview for the first time on Friday.

Photo: Osservatore Romano / Reuters

Pope Benedict was interviewed about the situation in Iraq and tsunami-hit Japan in his first television interview. In the program, it emerged that he becomes the first pope to make space and to read texts written by women.

Posted 4/22/2011

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• Pope appeared for the first time in a television interview produced and displayed by Italy's national broadcasting company on Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI, who was dressed in white and sat behind the desk in his library and answered questions from seven people who were selected from among thousands of applicants.

- Do not turn your back to Iraq

The purpose of the television appearance was to help the Pope to speak directly with their fans.
He urged Christians not to turn away from war-torn Iraq, and he phrase his compassion for tsunami victims in Japan.
Television interview was part of a talk show where a panel of three experts discussed the crucifixion. At the bottom of the screen was the text: "The Pope responds to questions."
The program was characterized by pressure atmosphere between the Christian faith and the limitations of a TV interview has writes The New York Times.
  What did Jesus between his death and resurrection?

An Italian man who was one of the seven interviewer asked what Jesus did after he died on the cross until he rose from the dead.
 
When the Pope replied: - Journey to Jesus' soul should not be thought of as a geographical journey from a continent to another. It is the soul's journey.
 
Elena, a seven-year-old Japanese girl who survived the tsunami in March asked the question:
- Why must children be so afraid? I ask the pope, who speaks with God, if he can explain to me?
- I also have the same questions: Why is it so? This disorder was not in vain, behind it was a good plan. You can be sure God will help you, "replied the Pope.

At a restaurant in Rome included television viewers keen on talskshowet where the Pope was interviewed.

Photo: Gregorio Borgia / AP

Would he can do more

The pope also said a woman who said she had a son who has been in a coma since 2009 that "the soul is still present in his body."
Benedict received a further five questions, including from a woman in the Ivory Coast. The Pope asked all parties in the civil war-torn country to renounce violence.
- I am sad that I can do so little, "he said

Talk to space

The procession texts were written this year by several nuns, and it is the first time a pope has wanted to read texts written by women.
On Friday, the Vatican announced that Benedict XVI will be the first pope to make space.
4. May he expected to be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station, ISS.