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ROME — Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle “like a light” to comfort her during captivity.
Betancourt, who was rescued in July by Colombia’s military after more than six years with leftist guerrillas, said her private audience with the pope was “a dream come true.”
The former presidential candidate in Colombia credited her religious faith with helping her survive.
