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The Pope marries a couple on the papal airplane. Hmmm.

“ 'The Pope married someone on an airplane!   Why won’t you, Father, marry us right now here at the zoo?'  
What do you want to bet that sort of thing will pop up for priests after this?"
That was exactly the thought that came to my mind when I read what Pope Francis did. I pray it doesn't come to pass.



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