Not exactly, but I did get to meet him in person.  Last week I attended the best conference of my life.  It was held in Rome, at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the theme was "Values and Rules for a New Model of Development.Highlights were, on Thursday evening, a private tour of the Sistine Chapel, and then an audience with the Pope on Saturday morning, during which the conference speakers, including myself, got to meet him personally.