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ROME -- Catholic officials were a bit embarrassed in October when an Italian TV station reported that a 2-ton, 20-foot bronze cross The Bronze Cross may refer to either:
  • The Bronze Cross of the Netherlands; or
  • The Bronze Cross of the Philippines
The Netherlands
The Bronze Cross
 used in the church's Jubilee year celebration had been found in a dump.

Lawmakers called for an explanation as to why the work of art had been abandoned, Agence France-Presse reported.

The cross was to be installed in a still-to-be constructed church in Tor Vergata, where Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła   celebrated Mass before an estimated 2 million in 2000, Msgr. Claudio Giuliodori told AFE (Apple File Exchange) An earlier Macintosh utility that converted data files between Mac and PC formats. It also included a file translator between IBM's DCA format and MacWrite.  But "after the Jubilee, everything was dismantled," he said, and the public works department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally.

In Australia: -

New South Wales -
  • Office of Public Works and Services, New South Wales
 was put in charge of the construction.
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Title Annotation:signs of the times; Italian TV station reports 2-ton, 20-foot bronze cross used in church's Jubilee celebration found in dump
Author:Gary, Heather Grennan
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EXVA
Date:Jan 1, 2004
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