“As his twenty fourth year as Pontiff comes to a close, the physically frail yet still forceful Pope John Paul II has told his clergy to add ‘Blue Stars’ to the revered rosary beads. These stars will replace every fifteenth bead on the traditional talisman.” —In Departure For Catholic Church, Pope Adding ‘Blue Stars’ to Rosary Broken Newz [satire])
The article creates an alternate history timeline in which the introduction of Lucky Charms to Poland inspires the collapse of the Communist empire. Not quite as good as The Onion‘s “Aged Pope ‘Just Blessing Everything in Sight,’ Say Concerned Handlers“.
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