Polish Cardianl admits lying, is barred from Vatican conclave

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Vatican Raises Polish Cardinal's Age

By Associated Press

February 9, 2005, 2:10 PM EST

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has raised the age of a Polish cardinal to 81 -- making him ineligible to vote in a conclave for a pope -- after he acknowledged lying about his age during World War II to escape being sent to a German labor camp.

The newly published Vatican yearbook lists the birth date of Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz as Oct. 17, 1923, which is five years older than his listing in previous years.

Cardinals older than 80 are ineligible to vote for a new pope, and the change reduces the number of cardinal-electors to 119.

Gulbinowicz spoke of the age change Sunday in an interview with Poland's Catholic news agency KAI.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-vatican-cardinals-age,0,1807833.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[KuTava]

1. Boy, what a misleading subject line

It strongly implies that the Vatican was punishing him for lying. The MSM would be proud!

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2. Did they reward him for telling porkies then?

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