ROME
RTE News
Taoiseach Enda Kenny declined to comment following his meeting with Pope Benedict at his residence at Castel Gandolfo near Rome.
A Government spokesperson said Mr Kenny met the Pontiff and that they exchanged pleasantries.
This is the first encounter since Mr Kenny strongly criticised the Vatican’s response to child sex abuse in the Dáil.
At that time, Mr Kenny spoke about what he called the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominates the Vatican today.
Mr Kenny met with the Pontiff as part of a delegation representing centre-right political parties from around the world.
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