US President George W Bush has been afforded a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, on his final official visit to meet the pontiff.The president spoke with the Pope in the medieval St John's Tower, a venue reserved for illustrious guests, before taking a stroll in the Vatican Gardens. Mr Bush was heard to say "what an honour" as the Pope showed him round.
The Vatican says Mr Bush's treatment is in return for the hospitality shown the Pope on a recent visit to the US.
But the BBC's Christian Fraser in Rome says there is more to it than that.
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