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In a move today that is being hailed already as radical, the Federation Council ratified the installation of Pope Gregory VI as the Head of the Catholic Church of Aligned Planets.

The debate, which has raged for several months since the Anglican church dissolved under Governmental legislation, has seen widespread violence across the country as different religious factions fought for their own independence away from the State.

The proclamation, which came at 1400 hours from a Council spokesperson, was greeted with enthusiasm from Catholics nationally - who make up 72% of the population. Whilst other religions are still able to practise under current laws, there is a movement within the Government to abolish all other forms of worship and make Catholicism the only religion legally allowed.

The Council have released a statement saying that they will by no means force people to attend religious ceremonies if they do not wish to, and that Atheism will always remain an option.

Now, if you would all join with me as we say:

I believe in One God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontious Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

This is Sarah Maude, live from AP News

News Alert

I'm sorry to interrupt you here John, but we're getting reports of a huge explosion over the west of Paris.

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At approximately 10.29 this evening, two aircraft - a British Airways flight BA112 and an AerLingus plane were in collision over Paris. It is still not clear how the accident happened, nor do we have any figures yet for the numbers of passengers and crew aboard. We are not able to disclose any further details at this time. There will be a further briefing at the Heathrow Incidents Room at 1am. Thank you

This statement, released only moments ago by a harrowed Charles deGaulle official, does indeed reflect the seriousness of the accident.

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The two aircraft collided at 1,800ft, a mile to the north-east of the airport. Emergency services are rushing to the scene but are being hampered by the gridlocked traffic.

Reports coming in from the area now are showing houses on fire and casualties, covered in blood, staggering around the streets in shock looking for paramedics.

Safety Manager Jean-Paul deLau has sent the entirety of the airport fire crews to the crash site, and so has had to close Charles deGaulle.

There are dozens of planes stacked above the airport waiting to land with more arriving by the minute. Orly is already running at full capacity. In the confusion immediately after the collision, too many aircraft have been diverted to Marseille.

An unofficial Government source has been identified as pointing the finger at Methodist extremists, who have been involved in minor skirmishes with Catholic followers over the past several weeks. If this were true, it would be the worst Peacetime act of terrorism in the nation's history.

With aircraft stuck in the skies and running dangerously short of fuel, French airspace is shut down completely until further notice.

WE CONDEMN this move.
THE ONLY true pope is POPE JOHN PAUL II, not your anti-pope.
Recognise John Paul II the UNIVERSAL Pontiff, as we do.

~CARDINAL DEVITO~

We would otherwise praise you, but we will not accept your "pontiff". We only accept Pope John Paul II.

The Federeration of Aligned Planets respects your beliefs, but unfortunately we cannot accomodate your request.

Pope Gregory VI is the Catholic bishop and patriarch of France, and ex officio supreme spiritual leader of the Catholic Communion.

The only difference between our two theocracies is who is the representative of Jesus Christ on Earth; all other aspects of Catholicism would surely be similar? We hope that this slight difference in theological ideas will not cause a rift between our two nations. We will not impose our Pope upon you, and would ask that you do the same.

We appluad this move, but do not recognize your "pope" as the true one.

We thank you for your approval, and again hope that this small difference of beliefs will not work against our two nations.

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