Without hype or saucer, without prior announcement or dissemination in the Vatican media, Pope Bergoglio received days ago in his residence in Santa Marta to the headquarters of the Hispanojudia Foundation. Francisco I saved from the controversy the fact that it was a private audience, and with the possibility of going unnoticed.

The public hearings of the Pope are usually held in apostolic palaces, more appropriate to their diplomatic character. The private ones, on the other hand, are more personal, as in the case of the Hispanojudy Foundation, chaired by David Hatchwell , son of the former president of the Sephardic Federation in Spain, the late Maurice Hatchuel , man of finance and cultural patron who received the Prize Prince of Asturias of Concord in 1997. Although they were father and son, Maurice and David did not call each other the same. The son retouched his father's last name and inserted a w to give it a more Anglo-Saxon touch. It wasn't about sounding better, but different.

Maurice and Mónique Hatchuel , David's parents, lived between Paris and Madrid, occasionally passing through Jerusalem, on whose golden mile they owned a beautiful residence. Right next to the Western Wall, in the vestiges of what was once the temple of Solomon.

Taking up the audience of the Pope to the Spanish-Jewish delegation, it is worth highlighting a large presence of rich and famous. Above all, rich. As for the celebrities, many wonder what he painted there, paying homage to the Pontiff, the musician Nacho Cano or who impersonated him. Others wondered about Mar Flores , although in this case the explanation was more obvious. Mar is the assiduous companion of Mexican businessman Elías Sacal , a Jewish millionaire who lends company and warmth of home on his trips around the world (with expenses paid).

Hola magazine, observer of the prevailing moral, has said that Mar Flores addressed the Pontiff and, as a Catholic mother of five children, showed her concern for youth, which is the future of all. And I quote the words of the magazine: «Mar Flores asked Pope Bergoglio to pray for young people and guide them on the path of love to others, righteousness and common sense».

The Spaniards with whom the Pope has most congendered are San Ignacio de Loyola and Jordi Évole. The least, Rouco Varela and Federico Jiménez Losantos

As for Elías Sacal, the duster was not seen in any photo. He preferred to stay in the second line so as not to raise the suspicions of Bergoglio, which captures the residents from afar. The Pope is clever (he knows Latin, which we say in Christian) and has a power of seduction superior to that of the Popes that have preceded him in the last 70 years. He is communicative and empathetic, affable ... He has the humility of the Franciscans and the wisdom of the Jesuits. Of the Spaniards in general it says little, on the other hand the Spaniards in particular start on him that gives pleasure. I have never read as many barbarities together about a Pontiff as those written here by Pope Francis.

The Spaniards with whom the Pope has agreed more are San Ignacio de Loyola and Jordi Évole . The least, Rouco Varela and Federico Jiménez Losantos .

Among the representatives of the Hispanojudy Foundation were also Alicia Koplowitz and Romero de Juseu . She has always been (or seemed) the most Jewish of all the brothers. I do not mean Jewish in the religious sense, but in the most social and protocol.

Alicia and Esther Koplowitz were the two daughters of the marriage formed by Ernesto Koplowitz Sternberg , Polish of Jewish origin, and Cuban aristocrat Esther Romero de Juseu and Armenteros. Both sisters came to the marriage with a great dowry. His father, Ernesto, had founded Construcciones y Contratas and was on the brink. He had two parallel families, with four children (two and two) who did not know each other, plus a fifth that would appear years later by DNA magic.

More members present at the hearing with the Pope were: Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón and Juan Luis Cebrián with his wife Mihaela . The former director of El País has for years been a fervent propalestino, which has not prevented him from reaching these heights towards new causes. Everyone can change their mind or jacket.

But the bold letters that dotted the audience with Bergoglio don't end here. There were also Charlotte and Maurice Botton (grandson of Isaac Carasso , founder of Danone, a Sephardi who learned from the Bulgarian shepherds how to make jaurt , a kind of yogurt with therapeutic properties. Later, after the fright of Thessaloniki, he moved to Barcelona and with him he took the jaurt .

In 1919, precisely in El Raval, the first Danone was born. Three generations have passed, necessary time for Maurice Botton to come into the world, who not only turned to yogurts, but also oil, wine and nuts. His last feat has been to donate 50 million euros to investigate pancreatic cancer, a task to which the Champalimaud Foundation is dedicated.

Botton was there and the Pope knew it. They call him the man of 50 million .

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