Nbadan
03-21-2007, 04:27 PM
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Pope L Ron Benedict and Don King
Don King in front row for pope
Associated Press
Posted: 2 hours ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Don King got a front row seat at Pope Benedict XVI's general audience Wednesday.
The usually flamboyant boxing promoter, wearing a blue suit with his preferred high hair style primly flattened for the papal event, gave the pope a green-and-gold boxing belt and a handwritten letter asking for prayers for people ranging from President Bush to the world's sick and aged.
"I was thrilled to be there. It was a deep spiritual experience," King told The Associated Press after the two-hour open-air audience in St. Peter's Square.
In Rome to discuss possible boxing matches in Italy, King had expressed his wish to meet with the pope.
"Faith is the thing that carries us through," the 75-year-old King said as he walked through St. Peter's Square, waving American and Vatican flags and signing autographs.
MSNBC (http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/6593126?MSNHPHMA>1=9232)
Pope L Ron Benedict and Don King
Don King in front row for pope
Associated Press
Posted: 2 hours ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Don King got a front row seat at Pope Benedict XVI's general audience Wednesday.
The usually flamboyant boxing promoter, wearing a blue suit with his preferred high hair style primly flattened for the papal event, gave the pope a green-and-gold boxing belt and a handwritten letter asking for prayers for people ranging from President Bush to the world's sick and aged.
"I was thrilled to be there. It was a deep spiritual experience," King told The Associated Press after the two-hour open-air audience in St. Peter's Square.
In Rome to discuss possible boxing matches in Italy, King had expressed his wish to meet with the pope.
"Faith is the thing that carries us through," the 75-year-old King said as he walked through St. Peter's Square, waving American and Vatican flags and signing autographs.
MSNBC (http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/6593126?MSNHPHMA>1=9232)