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<div><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 24pt;" lang="EN">‘If you’re the Pope, I’m Napoleon’: Vatican receptionist left red-faced after he refused to believe informal Francis really WAS on the phone</span></b><div class="yiv1886231557WordSection1">
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<li style="background: white; color: black;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 17pt;" lang="EN">Pope called receptionist of Adolfo Nicolas who did not believe it was him</span></b><b><span lang="EN"></span></b></li><li style="background: white; color: black;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 17pt;" lang="EN">Papal calls usually made by officials so receptionist thought it was a prank</span></b><b><span lang="EN"></span></b></li></ul>
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<span style="color: blue;">Emily Davies</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN"><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>Pope Francis's informal style came down to earth when he phoned a Vatican receptionist directly and was told: ‘And I'm Napoleon.’</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">The new pope had announced himself when he called a Jesuit residence in Rome on Friday and got through to the switchboard, according to Bitno.net.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">He had been trying to contact Adolfo Nicolas, the superior general of the Pope's old Jesuit order.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">But the baffled receptionist - identified only as Andreas - thought he was being pranked and snapped back: ‘Oh yes? And I'm Napoleon.’</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">The receptionist then tried to get a genuine response from the caller he believed to be a hoaxer, asking: 'Who is it?'</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">His holiness showed great patience dealing with the suspicious assistant and eventually managed to convince him that the call was genuine .</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">He responded: ‘I really am Pope Francis.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">'Do not worry, Andreas, just connect me with Father General, I would like to thank him for the charming letter.'
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<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">Andreas apologised when he realised what he had done.
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<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">One Vatican expert explained: ‘You can't really blame the poor man. No other pope would have picked up a telephone to make their own calls. An official usually
calls a secretary who places the call.’</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">‘The receptionist is extremely distraught but I think the new pope has a good sense of humour and will laugh it off,’ they added.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
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<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">Pope Francis was greeted much more enthusiastically by crowds in St Peter's Square today when he made his first speech wishing them to 'have a good lunch' at
midday.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">More than 150,000 people packed the famous square, when the window was opened for the first time since Francis's predecessor Benedict XVI gave his final window
blessing last month.</span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
<div style="background: white;" class="yiv1886231557MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.5pt;" lang="EN">Breaking with tradition, Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive, instead of reading from a written speech, leaving crowd roaring
in delight. </span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"></span></div>
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