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Pope Francis trinkets sell briskly near Vatican

Started by riky, March 16, 2013, 08:00:28 AM

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Pope Francis trinkets sell briskly near Vatican

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-trinkets-sell-briskly-near-vatican-182107119.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MwLdbx0nKOsYiZE9hpVN9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-15T182107Z_1_CBRE92E1EZB00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-POPE-TRINKETS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rosary beads featuring newly-printed images of the newly-elected Pope Francis are displayed in a tourist shop near the Vatican in Rome" align="left" title="Rosary beads featuring newly-printed images of the newly-elected Pope Francis are displayed in a tourist shop near the Vatican in Rome" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Less than 48 hours after his surprise election, Pope Francis's smiling face adorns pendants and devotional souvenir cards packaged with rosaries at the trinket stands near St. Peter's Square. Small plastic bags containing a picture of Francis and a rosary - a string of prayer beads - were selling for 7 euros (5.96 pounds) at Antonio Cardone's stand and postcards showing the new pontiff were selling briskly at 50 cents. &quot;We expect more stuff to arrive in the coming days,&quot; said Cardone. &quot;Especially when he's officially installed on Tuesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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