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Who says the left and the church can’t get along? Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is out to prove the opposite on a recent trip to the Vatican where it seems that she and Ratzi got on like a house on fire. The pope and the president chatted in Spanish and German, respectively, about the importance of the Catholic church in Chile, particularly its “positive contribution” to Chilean education and society.

Michelle Bachelet also presented the Pope with a message of gratitude from the Chilean people for its role during the time of the country’s military dictatorship. The president seemed quite grateful herself to the church:

I’m extraordinarily happy to have given, in the name of the Chilean people, the recognition that Chile has for the relevant role that the Catholic church played in our most difficult moments, when we lost our freedom,” she said.

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