[lesser_satan]

Fallaci, a professed atheist, was nevertheless an admirer of Pope Benedict XVI, and quietly met with the Pontiff at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo in August 2005.

Would she qualify as one of the "noble pagans" Catholics sometimes speak of?

[Hound of the Baskervilles]

"Would she qualify as one of the "noble pagans" Catholics sometimes speak of?"

She was an atheist. He praised her for her personal qualities not for being an atheist.

[livius]

I'm pleased that he said this about her. I think he's probably right about domestic forces, even within the Vatican, stirring things up against the Pope, too.