The Examiner Catholic Newsweekly - ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ, ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of the Pope emeritus, died Wednesday morning, aged ...
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Pope Benedict XVI visits 'Mary's House' near Ephesus, Turkey November 29, 2006, where the Virgin Mary is reputed to have lived and died. REUTERS/Patrick Hertzog/Pool (TURKEY Stock Photo - Alamy
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