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Digitally enhanced photographs published today by the German Magazine Der Werde appear to solve the mystery of the so-called “Dodgy Pope.” For many years Pope watchers throughout the world have watched in wonder as Pope Jean-Paul II continues against all odds to appear in public, always seemingly on the verge of death. The official explanation is of course, that the pope considers his fight against safe sex and rights for homosexuals so important that he just won’t give up, that against all odds he’s hanging on in there to save us from our sins. But the Pope, nicknamed ‘Dodgy’ by many has seemed increasingly unlikely, lolling around from side to side, seemingly propped up and with ever more erratic movements during his appearances. Today the mystery is solved as Franz Gubbernheim, editor of Der Werde told BIGfib. >>>
