Ms Tavares, a social activist who hails from Barro Vermelho in Brazil, was attending the Junior G-8 summit after working on a human rights study in two notorious Rio de Janeiro shantytowns.

Leaders from the Group of Eight leading economies Friday pledged 20 billion dollars over three years to finance agriculture projects in poor countries and help fight hunger and food price volatility.

The young woman is Brazilian and her name is a Mayara Tavares, (17) she made the president turn his head at the G8 summit in Italy. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Barack Obama, president of the United States, “was very impressed by the size and weight of the book” and said ,according to witnesses, between smiles,to his personal assistant that he had to carry it, although he did not know how he would fit it into his suitcase.

President Obama will meet with the pope while he is in Italy for the annual G8 summit, which takes place in L’Aquila July 8-10.

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on next month’s Group of Eight summit in Italy after a marathon two-year investigation.

Pope Benedict XVI will receive US President Barack Obama in early July, around the time of the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit in Italy.