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Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Did a powerful group of cardinals conspire to unseat Pope Benedict XVI and elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio—Pope Francis—in his place? The evidence says not.

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