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The smaller gifts were wrapped for Christmas, but the pope also was given a large crystal cross, a jewel-encrusted Book of the Gospels from the faithful of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, table linens, a wooden Nativity scene and several paintings, especially of Mary. You can learn more about the fascinating history of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church at this LINK
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Pope Benedict XVI greets bishops at the end of his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 14, 2005
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12/14/2005 1:55:16 PM PST by
NYer
("Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
To: NYer
You can learn more about the fascinating history of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church at this LINK Just on a personal note, I happily found out recently that my mom's church (she grew up in an Albanian-speaking town in Italy) was up to about 1750 half-Byzantine and half-Latin. They recently found evidence of the original iconostasis.
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12/15/2005 9:35:31 AM PST by
Claud
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