The reviewing stand seems a might crowded, but Mikoyan and Gromyko know how to make themselves invisible.
“Pope: Christian divisions a ’scandal’
By BRIAN MURPHY, AP Religion Writer 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey -
Pope Benedict XVI called divisions among Christians a “scandal to the world” at a joint ceremony Thursday with the spiritual leader of the Orthodox Christian church, which split from Catholicism nearly 1,000 years ago.”
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Pope Benedict XVI, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I cheer at faithful from a balcony of the Ecumenical Patriarchate after attending together the Divine Liturgy in the nearby Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006. Behind Benedict XVI and Bartholomew, who later signed a joint agreement are Mao-zedong, Josef Stalin, Andrei Gromyko and Anastas Mikoyan(partially hidden). The pope is on the third day of his four-day visit to Turkey in order to drum up business for the Vatican’s new automobile manufacturer–Holy CC and its three model line of sports cars: the Roman Rota, the Sante Subito and the Stigmata Super Sportivo. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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Images: (Mao) csrp.org; (Stalin) davino.ru; (Gromyko) coldwarfiles.org;(Mikoyan) detroitnews.com