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onager

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10. Those shoes are NOT common ol' Gucci.

Reply to secondwind (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 02:44 AM

Feb 2012

The Pope's red shoes are custom-made by Adriano Stefanelli, a Roman artisan.

But here's the good news! You can get your own pair of Stefanelli shoes absolute FREE!!!

All you have to do is buy the car shown in the pic below, the Pagani Zonda roadster. Along with the shoes, you get a free set of luggage.

The Zonda will set you back about $1.3 million:

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"Monsignors' mutiny" revealed by Vatican leaks [View all] onager Feb 2012 OP

Very interesting. Thanks so much for posting this article. n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2012 #1

A fish stinks from the head down. loudsue Feb 2012 #2

The Election Was Rigged AndyTiedye Feb 2012 #8

roflmao nofurylike Feb 2012 #12

That's a funny graphic Renew Deal Feb 2012 #27

. Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #28

LOL! DeSwiss Feb 2012 #33

+1 Bozita Feb 2012 #38

Benedict is a place holder for the return to power of the hardliners yellowcanine Feb 2012 #32

How many here know that when Lord Acton said this: hedgehog Feb 2012 #35

Pope Benedict is running the Vatican like Bush ran the US, and he's getting Bush like outcomes Renew Deal Feb 2012 #3

I recommend people read the entire thing Renew Deal Feb 2012 #4

Vatican = biggest cult headquarters ever Skittles Feb 2012 #5

+1,000,000 mopinko Feb 2012 #7

This whole business sounds so ...... medieval. There was speculation about assassination of the yellowcanine Feb 2012 #6

Historically it is quite the opposite. Fearless Feb 2012 #11

Well yes, that is why I thought the whole thing was very medieval. Something seriously yellowcanine Feb 2012 #21

Definitely medieval... Fearless Feb 2012 #34

Benedict XVI is an old man, closer to a natural death hedgehog Feb 2012 #36

I never liked Benedict, from the moment he was "elected" and secondwind Feb 2012 #9

Those shoes are NOT common ol' Gucci. onager Feb 2012 #10

Tks for the update. :-) secondwind Feb 2012 #14

Now THAT'S a Pope Mobile! Myrina Feb 2012 #20

Doesn't help that he does this caseymoz Feb 2012 #16

Don't all the Popes wear those red shoes? I thought it was part of the papal costume. yellowcanine Feb 2012 #23

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys... nt MADem Feb 2012 #13

The scandal described below didn't happen during Benny XVI's era, but it is BlueMTexpat Feb 2012 #15

The 20th century saw a proliferation of secretive cults hedgehog Feb 2012 #37

And these secretive cults as scary as hell, for the most part. eom BlueMTexpat Feb 2012 #39

Ain't infallibility a bitch? caseymoz Feb 2012 #17

Gah, I hate "call it" leads. That's just lazy writing. Brickbat Feb 2012 #18

All institutions... GTurck Feb 2012 #19

The main function of all institutions, no matter how good their initial purpose, Thor_MN Feb 2012 #22

Time to investigate all the "tax empt" institutions for corruption and money laundering, abroad and nanabugg Feb 2012 #24

Name me one of the BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #29

Add to it the end of Liberation Theology txlibdem Feb 2012 #25

These are the people upset about contraceptives? _ed_ Feb 2012 #26

No way. progressoid Feb 2012 #30

The Vatican is a midiaeval court pscot Feb 2012 #31