{"id":1658,"date":"2006-05-26T09:58:31","date_gmt":"2006-05-26T09:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/another-pope-forum.html"},"modified":"2006-05-26T09:58:31","modified_gmt":"2006-05-26T09:58:31","slug":"another-pope-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/another-pope-forum.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Pope Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve noted the existence of a an entertaining and informative forum <a href=\"http:\/\/freeforumzone.leonardo.it\/viewdiscussioni.aspx?f=65482&amp;idc=20\">The Papa Ratzinger Forum &#8211; which is particularly valuable for the translations of foreign news and commentary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I should have also noted the existence of <a href=\"http:\/\/p072.ezboard.com\/btheratzingerforum\">a similar place, run by the Christopher Blosser &#8211; at the Cardinal Ratzinger\/Pope Benedict Fan Club<\/a>. Some of the same folks post at both spots. <\/p>\n<p>From the former, I found this sweet picture, of the Pope with the Polish president&#8217;s family, including his 3-year old granddaughter:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img216.imageshack.us\/img216\/2247\/family2em.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And if you have time, check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/ww6.tvp.pl\/video\/2006\/05\/25\/74440\/film.asf\">news video (it has to download, so be warned) of the photo session &#8211; when the Pope gently pulls<\/a> the little girl, who&#8217;s wandering the room, to take her place in the shot. Cute!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve noted the existence of a an entertaining and informative forum The Papa Ratzinger Forum &#8211; which is particularly valuable for the translations of foreign news and commentary. 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