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Pope

• January 19 -- Pope "Unwittingly Hawks" Mel Gibson Movie?
Editor Frank Rich spins a conspiracy theory about the Pope giving Gibson's movie on Jesus a thumbs-up: "The ailing pontiff has been recruited, however unwittingly, to help hawk 'The Passion of the Christ.'"

• October 17 -- Times to the Pope: Happy Anniversary, You Conservative Alienator
Frank Bruni hammers home his theme of the Pope as hidebound alienator: "'This pope has done so much for peace and dialogue, but also for the unity of the church,' said Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, the archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil. On that last point, many Catholics would disagree."

• October 16 -- The "Reviled" Pope
Frank Bruni reports from Vatican City on the 25th anniversary of the reign of Pope John Paul II--but can't let the anniversary pass without taking potshots on how the "alienating" Pope is "reviled by many" for daring to uphold conservative church doctrine on gay marriage and birth control.