{"id":2550,"date":"2006-04-28T09:38:17","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T09:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/fill-in-the-blanks.html"},"modified":"2006-04-28T09:38:17","modified_gmt":"2006-04-28T09:38:17","slug":"fill-in-the-blanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/fill-in-the-blanks.html","title":{"rendered":"Fill in the blanks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an interesting slate of Papal audiences today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">VATICAN CITY, APR 28, 2006 (VIS)<strong> &#8211; <\/strong>The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Bishop Robert James Carlson of Saginaw (United States of America).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Cherie Blair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.news3.yimg.com\/us.i2.yimg.com\/p\/rids\/20060428\/i\/r362968144.jpg?x=380&amp;y=251&amp;sig=iXQx1_g.LW0L_GDHcxZwwA--\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/4929026.stm\">&quot;Infallibility may not cover this one, but trust me anyway. 275 pounds a day? 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