The Universe,  October 23, 1988

John Paul II takes off his papal birreta and poses in a clownish hat during his trip to Venezuela in 1985.

A clownish papacy turned toward making the world laugh. An indirect attack upon the sacrality of the Papacy under the pretext of pleasing men.

Posted July 3, 2005

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