Phoney pilgrims haven't a prayer of seeing Pope

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Phoney pilgrims haven't a prayer of seeing Pope

Phoney pilgrims haven't a prayer of seeing Pope
From Roger Boyes in Berlin

FOREIGN tourists requesting visas to visit Germany for the Pope’s first pilgrimage abroad are being asked searching questions about their knowledge of Christianity.

The measure by Germany is designed to prevent a wave of illegal immigration, especially from the Balkans.

More than a million young believers are expected to attend the World Youth Conference in Cologne in August, when Pope Benedict XVI will make his first papal trip.

Germans are concerned that the religious festival will be exploited by people because of their country’s fast-lane visa regulations.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20709-1643788,00.html

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