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Red Pope

A nickname for the cardinal who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Used because cardinals wear scarlet robes and the congregation has lots of power in missionary countries.
Cardinal Ivan Dias is the current Red Pope.
by ScottX November 28, 2006
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