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27 July, 2004
27 July 2004Reuters's Emma Ross-Thomas reports on the following of Gregorio XVII, head of a self-styled apocalyptic church in El Palmar de Troya, Spain. Gregario claims he is the "real" pope, and that Satan controls the Vatican. His followers call him "the last pope," and believe he will be crucified by the devil, triggering the return of Christ and the start of a new era. Weird stuff, to be sure, but it's hard to know how complete a picture Ross-Thomas has given. She apparently only managed to speak to two congregants, and seems to base most of her report on church booklets and snidely-amusing, but otherwise empty sound bites from her two parishioners. I.e.: "We'd probably fall into sin if we went to the beach." Funny? Maybe. Illuminating? Nah.
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