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Berlusconi fiancée 'appeals to Pope for pardon'
The Telegraph ^ | 11-29-13 | Nick Squires

Posted on 11/29/2013 7:38:06 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Silvio Berlusconi’s glamorous young partner says she will appeal to Pope Francis to secure the former prime minister a pardon.

A day after he was thrown out of the Italian parliament, Silvio Berlusconi’s glamorous young girlfriend has said she will appeal to Pope Francis to secure the former prime minister a pardon.

Francesca Pascale, who at 28 is less than half the age of 77-year-old Mr Berlusconi, said she wants to explain the “tragedy” that has befallen her fiancée, after his 20-year parliamentary career was brought to a humiliating end by the vote in the Senate on Wednesday.

He was stripped of his seat as a consequence of a definitive conviction, handed down by the Supreme Court in August, for tax fraud involving his Mediaset television company.

The decision by the Senate was “a coup d’etat — how can else can one describe it?” Miss Pascale, a former shop assistant from Naples, told Corriere della Sera.

“I appeal to Pope Francis to receive me and to hear the story of Berlusconi,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; expulsion; italy; parliament; pasquale

Francesca Pascale said she wants to explain the “tragedy” that has befallen Silvio Berlusconi to the Pope

1 posted on 11/29/2013 7:38:06 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Bizarre!


2 posted on 11/29/2013 7:38:26 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Francesca Pascale, who at 28 is less than half the age of 77-year-old Mr Berlusconi

Pure agism! Leave us old farts alone!;-)

3 posted on 11/29/2013 7:41:22 AM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Bunga Bunga: The government hates competition.


4 posted on 11/29/2013 7:44:45 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I think you have to get SOME credit for being 77 and being able to handle a 28-year old girlfriend . . .

Not Guilty!!

That’s Francesca, not Silvio . . .


5 posted on 11/29/2013 8:08:35 AM PST by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: LRoggy

Spoken like a fellow old fart ;)

Amen on the credit and the lack of any guilt whatsoever on Franseca’s part.


6 posted on 11/29/2013 8:18:22 AM PST by Principled
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To: afraidfortherepublic
She went to the wrong guy.

1. The pope has no authority in this matter.

2. The pope might take a dim view of how the two of them are behaving.

7 posted on 11/29/2013 8:51:10 AM PST by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

So Francesca, what attracted you to billionaire Silvio Berlusconi?


8 posted on 11/29/2013 9:04:53 AM PST by Natufian (t)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Is she his “girlfriend,” his “fiancée,” or his “partner”? Or is the article referring to three different glamorous young women?


9 posted on 11/29/2013 9:36:19 AM PST by Tax-chick (Are you getting ready for the Advent Kitteh?)
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To: Tax-chick

Never can tell with Bunga, Bunga Burlusconi!


10 posted on 11/29/2013 9:46:04 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“It’s Good to be the Prime Minister.”


11 posted on 11/29/2013 9:47:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp.)
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