To some, traveling with Pope Francis might seem like a heavenly assignment - unt...
VATICAN CITY - To some, traveling with Pope Francis might seem like a heavenly assignment - until you mention the 3 a.m. wake-up calls and the 21-hour days.
It started with breakfast at 4 a.m. in a makeshift cafeteria in a hotel ballroom , and ended when we returned to the hotel at 11:30 p.m. . Back in the 1980s, we bashed away on our typewriters and puffed away on our cigarettes. When we flew Alitalia, the crew used to give us 10 packs each. The outbound chats are supposed to be informal, with hard questions kept for the news conference on the final flight home to Rome.
John Paul also greeted each reporter, whereas former Pope Benedict made a group greeting from the front of our section.Benedict’s spokesman used to insist on knowing the questions beforehand. He then chose them and read them to the pope.
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