Tag: Vatican
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Pope on a Rope
I find the whole papal election gig fascinating and weird in equal measure. It’s a ritual punctuated by traditional habits, but nun are worth mentioning. Apart from perhaps the hysteria that follows the appearance of white smoke. It’s not as if the world stops spinning on its axis during the interregnum. At some stage, a…
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Pope Music
RIP Pope Francis – bad timing, though. If he’d had his ticket punched three days earlier, he might still be with us. He’ll be remembered most for his personal crusade to save the poor, but I’m having nun of it. That was always a bit rich from the steward of the largest art and antiques…
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