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fpb...and they are disastrous. The Pope has lost standing across the board. Two weeks ago, the head of government of a single European country would never have dared address him as an errant subject, in this manner: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvQo60XrwHi87AruP4MsDnZME46QD9647P501 . The Pope's prestige has been shot down. Which, of course, is exactly what all the enemies of the Church in Brussels, London, Washington DC and other places were praying for.
