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	Flaming Pope

ghgroenewold

10-24-2007 9:32 AM

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catholicism, pope, wtf

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10-24-2007 2:04 PM

michaelll

LOL... of all the trillion upon trillions of objects in this world i am sure you can find one to look like almost anything.

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                        WARSAW, Poland - A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir for the resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son, the late <SPAN id="lw_1192749896_0" class="yshortcuts">Pope John Paul II</SPAN>.                        
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