For the selection of a South American cardinal to fill the shoes of the fisherman is also evidence that the global dynamic between Catholics is less and less about East and West.

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Mingus later changed that name to one with religious and literary allusions "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers" but there already was plenty of evidence that he had some use for corporations, specifically when they could help him.

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The fact that "the shoes of the fisherman will now be worn by a Latin American heralds not just a new stage for the Catholic Church", but also "a realignment within the world of this region" where over 40% of all Catholics says Carolina Barros in the Buenos Aires Herald.

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