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    The Papacy - A Look Back

    Slideshow • ISSUE 44•19 • May 7, 2008
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    • Vatican Unveils New Pope Signal

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    • Pope Makes First Papal Visit To Six Flags

      EUREKA, MO—Benedict granted a private audience to dignitaries Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam at the Moose Burger Lodge in DC Comics Plaza.
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    • Shroud Of Turin Accidentally Washed With Red Shirt

      VATICAN CITY—The damage occurred when Pope Benedict XVI, who was on laundry duty, did not notice a brand new bright-red Hanes Beefy-T in the Holy Whirlpool washer.
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    • Muslims To Boycott All Pope Merchandise

      KARACHI—A halt in sales of La-Z-Pope chairs, Pope Oaties cereal, and Jiffy-Pope could spell trouble for the Vatican's multi-billion-dollar consumer-goods empire.
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    • Vatican Tightens Nocturnal Emissions Standards

      VATICAN CITY—The Vatican has released a strict new set of Church laws intended to reduce the nocturnal emissions of teenage polluters by 50 percent in the next decade, Cardinal Antoni Bertoli announced Monday.
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    • Pope Forgives Molested Children

      VATICAN CITY—Calling forgiveness
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    • Aging Pope 'Just Blessing Everything In Sight,' Say Concerned Handlers

       VATICAN CITY—Concerned handlers for Pope John Paul II announced Monday that, in recent weeks, the 78-year-old Catholic leader has
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    • Catholic Church Speaks Out Against Decadent, Sinfully Rich Dessert

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    • Pope Admits: 'God Ain't Said Shit To Me'

      VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul II, elected by his peers to serve as the earthly vicar of Christ, told an interviewer Monday that in the 18 years since his canonization God has not spoken a word to him.
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