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Has Pope Benedict XVI Washed his Hands of the McCann Family?

April 26, 2017Benedict family hands mccann pontius pilate pope pope benedict xvi washed XVI

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Has Pope Benedict XVI Washed his Hands of the McCann Family?

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#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’} Pope Benedict XVI meets Gerry & Kate McCann Photo: Pool / Getty Images Most people have probably heard about the McCann family’s search for their missing daughter and the suspicion that the parents may have had something to do with the little girl’s disappearance in Portugal. It’s not surprising that suspicion might be turned on them, given the total lack of leads and evidence for any other explanation even if they didn’t have anything to do with it. One curious development in this story, though, is their relationship with Pope Benedict XVI. The McCanns launched a massive media campaign to find their daughter and even visited Pope Benedict, who blessed a photograph of Madeleine. Now that suspicion has turned towards the parents, though, it appears that all references to the meeting and blessing have mysteriously disappeared from the Vatican’s