From: le@main.lekno.ws   
      
   radioacti...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > Here's a simple question I bet you can readily answer, Louis, and I'm   
   guessing without research:   
   >   
   > As Head of State/Monarch/TopBanana of the sovereign state of The Vatican,   
   does Pope Francis have the power to pardon this conviction, or any serious   
   criminal conviction for that matter?*   
   >   
   > Oh, and does the sovereign state of The Vatican have a constitution?  That   
   > is, either a conventional (written) one, or at least an unwritten one (such   
   > of which is understood to be in place in the U.K.) ?   
      
   There are documents called "apostolic constitutions" that decree   
   how certain governmental or ecclesiastical institutions are to   
   be organized and administered forevermore...   
   but all of them can be rewritten by whoever is pope at any time.   
      
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   > BRYAN STYBLE/Florida   
   > ===================   
   > * You'll recall there was a murder in Vatican City a couple of decades ago   
   > or so, by some priest or other cleric upset about some personal matter with   
   > one of his low-level colleagues; can't recall other details.   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
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