{"id":7049,"date":"2014-07-25T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise-89465\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T17:19:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T17:19:00","slug":"pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis lunches with Vatican employees by surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_Credit_Lauren_Cater_CNA_2_CNA_3_12_14.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican's blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their 'boss' and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cPope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,\u201d Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/pope-francis-make-surprise-visit-to-vatican-cantee\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">told Vatican Radio<\/a> July 25. \u201cHe got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTaking cafeteria by surprise, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pope?src=hash\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Pope<\/a> Francis eats with Vatican's blue collar workers <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/n2ptR6RC5f\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 L'Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LOsservatoreUSA\/statuses\/492705470390738945\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 25, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Vatican's cafeteria is located behind it's central post office, on the Via Sant'Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter's Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south.<\/p>\n<p>\tToday was the first time that Pope Francis has lunched with Vatican employees. Customarily, he dines in the refectory of Domus Sanctae Marthae at a reserved table.<\/p>\n<p>\tHe arrived around 1 p.m., and spent about an hour dining at a table with around 10 other people.<\/p>\n<p>\tPaini reported that for his Friday lunch, Pope Francis chose to have pasta without a sauce, and cod with grilled tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cWe met, he asked us how we were, he asked us how we worked, he congratulated us \u2026 he blessed us, he took a picture with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Vatican's cafeteria, which opened in 2008, is open to employees of Vatican City and the Holy See, and of institutions linked to it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=8hf0DB2EolM:skZPiKbdvV8:yIl2AUoC8zA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/8hf0DB2EolM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_Credit_Lauren_Cater_CNA_2_CNA_3_12_14.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" target=\"_self\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican&#8217;s blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their &#8216;boss&#8217; and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria.<\/p>\n<p>\t&ldquo;Pope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,&rdquo; Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/pope-francis-make-surprise-visit-to-vatican-cantee\">told Vatican Radio<\/a> July 25. &ldquo;He got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTaking cafeteria by surprise, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pope?src=hash\">#Pope<\/a> Francis eats with Vatican&#8217;s blue collar workers <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp\">http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/n2ptR6RC5f\">pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t&mdash; L&#8217;Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LOsservatoreUSA\/statuses\/492705470390738945\">July 25, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Vatican&#8217;s cafeteria is located behind it&#8217;s central post office, on the Via Sant&#8217;Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter&#8217;s Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south.<\/p>\n<p>\tToday was the first time that Pope Francis has lunched with Vatican employees. Customarily, he dines in the refectory of Domus Sanctae Marthae at a reserved table.<\/p>\n<p>\tHe arrived around 1 p.m., and spent about an hour dining at a table with around 10 other people.<\/p>\n<p>\tPaini reported that for his Friday lunch, Pope Francis chose to have pasta without a sauce, and cod with grilled tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>\t&ldquo;We met, he asked us how we were, he asked us how we worked, he congratulated us &hellip; he blessed us, he took a picture with us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Vatican&#8217;s cafeteria, which opened in 2008, is open to employees of Vatican City and the Holy See, and of institutions linked to it.<\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=8hf0DB2EolM:skZPiKbdvV8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/8hf0DB2EolM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vatican"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis lunches with Vatican employees by surprise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Vatican&#039;s blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their &#039;boss&#039; and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria. &ldquo;Pope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,&rdquo; Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, told Vatican Radio July 25. &ldquo;He got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.&rdquo;   Taking cafeteria by surprise, #Pope Francis eats with Vatican&#039;s blue collar workers http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f &mdash; L&#039;Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) July 25, 2014   The Vatican&#039;s cafeteria is located behind it&#039;s central post office, on the Via Sant&#039;Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter&#039;s Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south. 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Paini reported that for his Friday lunch, Pope Francis chose to have pasta without a sauce, and cod with grilled tomatoes. &ldquo;We met, he asked us how we were, he asked us how we worked, he congratulated us &hellip; he blessed us, he took a picture with us.&rdquo; The Vatican&#039;s cafeteria, which opened in 2008, is open to employees of Vatican City and the Holy See, and of institutions linked to it.  &nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Francis lunches with Vatican employees by surprise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Vatican&#039;s blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their &#039;boss&#039; and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria. &ldquo;Pope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,&rdquo; Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, told Vatican Radio July 25. &ldquo;He got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.&rdquo;   Taking cafeteria by surprise, #Pope Francis eats with Vatican&#039;s blue collar workers http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f &mdash; L&#039;Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) July 25, 2014   The Vatican&#039;s cafeteria is located behind it&#039;s central post office, on the Via Sant&#039;Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter&#039;s Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south. 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Paini reported that for his Friday lunch, Pope Francis chose to have pasta without a sauce, and cod with grilled tomatoes. &ldquo;We met, he asked us how we were, he asked us how we worked, he congratulated us &hellip; he blessed us, he took a picture with us.&rdquo; The Vatican&#039;s cafeteria, which opened in 2008, is open to employees of Vatican City and the Holy See, and of institutions linked to it.  &nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_Credit_Lauren_Cater_CNA_2_CNA_3_12_14.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/\",\"name\":\"Pope Francis lunches with Vatican employees by surprise\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Vatican's blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their 'boss' and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria. &ldquo;Pope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,&rdquo; Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, told Vatican Radio July 25. &ldquo;He got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.&rdquo; Taking cafeteria by surprise, #Pope Francis eats with Vatican's blue collar workers http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f &mdash; L'Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) July 25, 2014 The Vatican's cafeteria is located behind it's central post office, on the Via Sant'Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter's Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south. 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Paini reported that for his Friday lunch, Pope Francis chose to have pasta without a sauce, and cod with grilled tomatoes. &ldquo;We met, he asked us how we were, he asked us how we worked, he congratulated us &hellip; he blessed us, he took a picture with us.&rdquo; The Vatican's cafeteria, which opened in 2008, is open to employees of Vatican City and the Holy See, and of institutions linked to it.  &nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_Credit_Lauren_Cater_CNA_2_CNA_3_12_14.jpg"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/07\/pope-francis-lunches-with-vatican-employees-by-surprise\/","name":"Pope Francis lunches with Vatican employees by surprise","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-25T17:19:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Vatican City, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 11:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Vatican's blue-collar employees were surprised by a lunch guest on Friday, when their 'boss' and bishop, Pope Francis, turned up at at their cafeteria. &ldquo;Pope Francis acted as the humblest of the workers,&rdquo; Franco Paini, chef of the Vatican cafeteria, told Vatican Radio July 25. &ldquo;He got here, he took his tray, his utensils, he got in the line and waited his turn, and then we served him.&rdquo; Taking cafeteria by surprise, #Pope Francis eats with Vatican's blue collar workers http:\/\/t.co\/0qRR37xGLp pic.twitter.com\/n2ptR6RC5f &mdash; L'Osservatore Romano (@LOsservatoreUSA) July 25, 2014 The Vatican's cafeteria is located behind it's central post office, on the Via Sant'Anna; this is on the north side of St. Peter's Square, while the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis resides, is on its south. 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