Vatican Secretary
of State Tarcisio Bertone said it was «deplorable» that as the time for the Roman Catholic cardinals to elect a
new pope approaches, a rash
of «often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news
stories» has appeared.
And the
story you may have heard is absolutely true: When they announced that Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was the
new pope, those
of us in the press corps - especially those
of us broadcasting live - went as white as his robe.
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STORY: With that earnest air
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of the
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of a monkey wearing a lab coat, and several nature