Did Venezuela's Chavez nudge Christ to pick South American pope?<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/did-venezuelas-chavez-nudge-christ-pick-south-american-223641965.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8bbZJr8JxXWUPPsPJqKMWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-13T223641Z_1_CBRE92C1QT900_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters after he registered as a candidate for president in the April 14 election outside the national election board in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters after he registered as a candidate for president in the April 14 election outside the national election board in Caracas" border="0" /></a>By Ana Isabel Martinez CARACAS (Reuters) - Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's influence may have stretched into the afterlife and had a hand in Christ's decision to opt for a Latin American Pope, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday. "We know that our commander ascended to the heights and is face-to-face with Christ," Maduro said at a Caracas book fair. "Something influenced the choice of a South American pope, someone new arrived at Christ's side and said to him: 'Well, it seems to us South America's time has come. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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