Yet another turn of the screw in the story of a possible meeting between Pope Benedict and the Dalai Lama.
Last week, the pope’s spokesman announced that no audience had been scheduled, leading many to think that the rumored meeting had been canceled to appease the Chinese government.
But shortly thereafter, the same spokesman said that he could not rule out a private, informal meeting of the sort which the two religious leaders held in October of 2006.
Stay tuned.
