Kid named after Pope Benedict gets Vatican greeting

From the Lancashire Evening Post:

"Baby Benedict is only 10 weeks old and already he's received a special letter from the Pope.

The personalised note on Vatican headed-notepaper arrived on baby Benedict's doorstep after officials in Rome learned the tot had been named after the Pope, with whom he also shares a birthday.

Mum Amanda, 34, spoke of her surprise to receive the letter, as the first she knew of husband Kevin writing to Pope Benedict XVI was when they received the reply.

Kevin, 37, who works at Galloway's Society for the Blind, mentioned their baby was born on Easter Sunday and named after the Pope in a letter he wrote to the Vatican explaining how the charity includes Catholic publications in its range of talking book services.

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Kevin, of Fishwick View, Fishwick, Preston, revealed: "The letter says the holy family [I sure it should be "FATHER"] is pleased to learn of the arrival of baby Benedict and assured us of his prayers."

"It's obviously got to Rome. The reply is kind of personalised, it's on Vatican headed paper. These sort of stories, they must get through somehow."

"Then it said, the holy family [again, I'm sure it should be "FATHER"] is unable to baptise Benedict but [the letter] includes details of the audiences that we can go and be in when he is in Rome." [source]