Brazil Fines Airline That Brought Pope
June 2, 2007
Brazilian authorities fined Alitalia airlines for allowing Pope Benedict and members of his entourage to board a flight for Brazil without passports.
The pope and Cardinal Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone recently arrived in Brazil for an official visit and did not have the required travel documents with them, O Globo TV reported Saturday.
Brazil reportedly fine the Italian airline that brought them an undetermined amount, according to sources not named.
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Political geography, Europe, Geography, Law Crime, Brazil, Cardinal, Vatican City, Tarcisio Bertone, Salesians, Alitalia