Two months after being rescued from Farc, Ingrid Betancourt says she doesn’t ever want to forget the ordeal she went through those six years she was held hostage. To commemorate her rescue, Ingrid met with Pope Benedict XVI at his summer home (swanky!) and insists he’s not the gross, old poopoo face you think he is:

“They had told me that he was a very cold man… But I found myself with quite a different person… terribly tender, very generous with his time.”

Lucky for you he had misplaced his whippersnapper-whipping-cane in one of his houses for some other season. Ingrid has mentioned that her faith was sustained during her many years in the jungle after hearing Pope Benedict mention her and the other hostages over the radio. Video of the two posing together in some super fancy Pope house, after the jump:

Betancourt: No quiero que se me olvide lo que viví [NY Daily News]