Drink-can basilica

Vatican City - Pope John Paul gave his blessing yesterday to a group of charity workers who have built a replica of St Peter'…

Vatican City - Pope John Paul gave his blessing yesterday to a group of charity workers who have built a replica of St Peter's Basilica made entirely out of drinks cans. The scale model, which uses 10 million aluminium cans and is one-fifth the size of the world's biggest church, has been put together by 40 supporters of blood and organ donor charities

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