Mediagazer: Vatican journalist with front pew view of momentous year for papacy (Lizzy Davies/Guardian)

1:30 AM ET, December 24, 2013

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Lizzy Davies / Guardian:

Vatican journalist with front pew view of momentous year for papacy — Giovanna Chirri expected a Vatican meeting in February to be a dry affair, then Pope Benedict said meas ingravescente aetate — When Giovanna Chirri, seasoned Vatican correspondent for the Italian news agency Ansa …

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