Papal plaque stolen from the Commons
Posted Apr 30, 2011 07:51:35 AM.
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What do you do with a hot papal plaque?
That’s what people are wondering following news that the plaque marking the spot of a papal mass in Halifax in 1984 has been stolen from a monument on the Commons.
Pope John Paul the Second celebrated mass on the Commons during a cross-Canada tour and the monument sits where the massive stage and altar once stood.
Someone removed the metal plaque that was affixed to a stone base on the north side of the Commons.
Police say someone removed the metal plaque over the Easter weekend and they’re asking the public for information on the theft.
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