{"id":389052,"date":"2011-04-22T13:03:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/22\/pope-takes-questions-in-tv-show\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T13:03:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:03:21","slug":"pope-takes-questions-in-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/22\/pope-takes-questions-in-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope takes questions in TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"63.7887822132\"><span><span>22 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>09:03 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/eb7652306045_jex_1025412_de27-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pope washing the feet of priests\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Pope washes the feet of 12 priests as part of his Easter duties<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI has made history as the first pontiff to take part in a televised question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-recorded programme was being broadcast on the Italian Rai channel on Good Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Seven questions were chosen from thousands submitted for the Pope to answer during the 80-minute programme.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the questions, from people across the world, deal with the struggle with suffering.<\/p>\n<p>The first question was asked by a seven-year-old Japanese girl traumatised by the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>Another was from Christian students in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was recorded in the Vatican library a week ago, and was timed to go out on Good Friday afternoon &#8211; around the time Jesus is traditionally believed to have taken his last breath.<\/p>\n<p>It has been met by scepticism from some who say the programme has largely been on the Vatican&#8217;s terms, and coincides with the publication of the pontiff&#8217;s book as well as Good Friday.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"23.0578512397\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-13167831#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u201c<span>Start Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>We proposed it and he accepted it\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>End Quote<\/span> <span>Rosario Carello<\/span> <span>Rai TV host<\/span><\/div>\n<p>But, says the BBC&#8217;s Duncan Kennedy in Rome, the event marks a further move by the Pope to embrace new ways of transmitting his message of hope and renewal.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, he has only ever taken questions from journalists on planes during foreign trips.<\/p>\n<p>The show&#8217;s host Rosario Carello said the project initially seemed &#8220;crazy&#8221;, but they saw &#8220;something in Pope Benedict&#8217;s style that caused them to at least propose this idea to him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We proposed it and he accepted,&#8221; he is reported by the Catholic News Agency as saying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-europe-13167831\" title=\"Pope takes questions in TV show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope takes questions in TV show<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 April 2011 Last updated at 09:03 ET Please turn on JavaScript. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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