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B16 Embraces Slang?

Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Nov 12, 2005
Over the last 12 months," said the current Pope, "we have had five revered cardinals who kicked the bucket: Juan Carlos Aramburu, Jan Pieter Schotte, Corrado Bafile, Jaime Sin and, less than a month ago, Giuseppe Caprio.

Thanks, Open Book.

Commentators at Open Book inform us that it's a faulty translation. Still, pretty funny.

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