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Who’s calling, please?

Pope Francis answers questions during a news conference Monday on the journey back from Brazil. (Associated Press)
Pope Francis answers questions during a news conference Monday on the journey back from Brazil. (Associated Press)

Seems Pope Francis I likes to communicate via the telephone. Really! The pope has picked up the phone – without staff assistance – and called people to offer comfort, thanks or perhaps simply to chat.

If your caller ID comes up with Vatican City attached to an unknown number, you just may want to answer the call. Francis did.

(S-R archives photo: Pope Francis I)

Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.