Pope Benedict has lunch with his successor

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Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 15,860 Send Message	Island	Report	23 Mar 2013 13:22
	Ex Benedict on the menu then. ;-)
Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 7,081 Send Message	OneFootInTheGrave	Report	23 Mar 2013 13:14
	Pope Benedict will be hoping his successor has a forgiving nature ;-) Pope Francis has met his predecessor for lunch, there is no public record of any previous meeting between a Pope and a former Pope, as the new head of the Catholic Church is usually elected after the death of his predecessor. However, in 1294, Pope Celestine V resigned as Pope and Pope Boniface VIII was elected days later, and had his predecessor imprisoned. Celestine was dead within a year. ;-)
	Researching: I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"