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                    [Title] => Benigni on Pope Francis: A fountain, waterfall of mercy
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Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni gave Pope Francis two thumbs up yesterday, delivering one of his rapid-fire monologues and praising the pope as a fountain of mercy who is "dragging the whole church toward Christianity."

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Retired Pope Benedict XVI has denied speculation that he was pressured to leave office, saying his decision was freely made and his alone.

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When I was in college I read a beautiful poem by Thomas Gray entitled “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” that was first published in 1751.

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Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he's not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter.

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Pope Francis has honed his leadership skills in one of the most difficult classrooms on the planet: Argentina, where politics has long been a blood sport practiced only by the brave.

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Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI.

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