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I have always been taught you can't take it with you, but Pope Pilfer certainly makes sure of it. 
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Pope Confesses He Stole Priest's Cross from Casket
Pope Francis has made a confession — and it's a doozy. He stole another priest's rosary cross right from his casket.
The pontiff said the cross belonged to a clergyman known as "the Great Confessor" of Buenos Aires because he had heard the sins of most of the city's diocesan priests and even Pope John Paul II when he visited Argentina.
When the man died, Francis was arranging roses around his casket when he saw the rosary in his hand.
"And immediately there came to mind the thief we all have inside ourselves and while I arranged the flowers I took the cross and with just a bit of force I removed it," he told a group of priests Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
"And in that moment I looked at him and I said 'Give me half your mercy.'"
Francis keeps the cross in a little pouch under his cassock, he said.
"And whenever a bad thought comes to mind about someone, my hand goes here, always," he said, gesturing to his heart. "And I feel the grace, and that makes me feel better."
I hope these catlicks also note he did not mention cleansing himself in proper God fearing fashion, get down on their knees, and repent.
Numbers 19
11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
13Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
NBC News
Pope Confesses He Stole Priest's Cross from Casket
Pope Francis has made a confession — and it's a doozy. He stole another priest's rosary cross right from his casket.
The pontiff said the cross belonged to a clergyman known as "the Great Confessor" of Buenos Aires because he had heard the sins of most of the city's diocesan priests and even Pope John Paul II when he visited Argentina.
When the man died, Francis was arranging roses around his casket when he saw the rosary in his hand.
"And immediately there came to mind the thief we all have inside ourselves and while I arranged the flowers I took the cross and with just a bit of force I removed it," he told a group of priests Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
"And in that moment I looked at him and I said 'Give me half your mercy.'"
Francis keeps the cross in a little pouch under his cassock, he said.
"And whenever a bad thought comes to mind about someone, my hand goes here, always," he said, gesturing to his heart. "And I feel the grace, and that makes me feel better."
I hope these catlicks also note he did not mention cleansing himself in proper God fearing fashion, get down on their knees, and repent.
Numbers 19
11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
13Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
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