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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Padre, may I see your ID..?

According to the Sunday’s Osservatore Romano (the official organ of the Holy Sea) “some time ago” a fake priest was discovered in the St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome while attempting to take his place in a confessional. While apparently dressed in clerical garb and carrying proper identification, his behavior was deemed “strange” by the Basilica’s security, which in turn - after a close review of his documents - led to his arrest and a subsequent trial. A Vatican Judge Gianluigi Marrone said that “It was a case of usurping an ecclesiastical title, and thus he was tried by our tribunal.”

What hath God wrought…

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