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Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit
…sarray from the administrations of Cardinals Rigali and Bevilacqua. Pope Benedict XXVI knew exactly what he was doing when he announced in June 2012 that Philadelphia would get the 2015 WMOF—the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has suffered from poor management for years and the now-emeritus Pope was trying to get Philly Catholics off life support. Sex abuse scandals, two grand jury investigations, the imprisonment of a archdiocesan administrator, fina…
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