Detectives confiscate 3500 fake parchments with benediction by Pope Francis – worth €70000 – targeted at pilgrims flocking to Rome for jubilee yearItalian police absorb confiscated 3500 fake “papal benedictions” worth €70000 (£51000) in a blitz on counterfeit goods that saw 1m objects seized in a week.
Pilgrims flocking to Rome for the Vatican’s jubilee year can purchase parchments with a benediction by Pope Francis, with profits going to the Vatican’s department for charitable works.
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Source: theguardian.com