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A member of Rome's Biopark zoo holds a crocodile as he shows it to Pope Benedict XVI during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 11, 2012. (Reuters Pictures)

Pope Benedict XVI (top 2nd R) watches as members of a circus perform during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 11, 2012. (Reuters Pictures)

Pope Benedict XVI (C) gives his blessing at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 11, 2012. (REUTERS Pictures)

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[annalex]

The Last Supper (detail)

Dieric Bouts the Elder

1464-67
Oil on panel
Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven

[onedoug]

That ¨The Lord´s Prayer¨ could be uttered by a believing Jew without reservation, but has nonetheless become the ¨Christian¨ prayer, suggests Gospel writer´s similar pigeon-holing of The Law to bring it into conformity with Paulinity.