Curious...

Update: Fr. Schofield of Roman Miscellany has his comments on this "news" item.

Franco Zeffirelli claims that Pope Benedict XVI "still has a cold way of communicating, little suited to what is happening around him."

Now, tell me, does this look like a cold way of communicating?

I don't think so, either.

What about this one? Is this ill suited to what's happening around him?

Perhaps Mr. Zeffirelli is mistaken. His Holiness looks quite as easy, warm and pleasant.