A German Mini-Me Pope to Cuddle

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Now you can have that feeling of being part of the flock everywhere you go thanks to a new portable Benedict XVI pope doll which makes penance possible wherever you may be.

While his boss is omnipotent, the pope himself cannot be in two places at once and can therefore not be expected to be there for every one of the 1.1 billion Catholics in the world in their hour of need.

While Pope Benedict XVI's beliefs prevent him from cloning himself, a German company has achieved the next best thing by creating a lifelike representation of the cardinal formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger which can be with the devoted wherever they may be -- if they are among the lucky 999 to get the new pope doll while stocks last.

Unfortunately, the new baby-faced pope doll hardly measures up to the Bavarian pontiff in terms of size. The 41-centimeter (16-inch) doll would barely be tall enough to wave over the parapet of a balcony and would probably slip without trace down the back of the seat in the popemobile.

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