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Yorkville prepares for Pope's visit

If all goes to plan, Pope Benedict XVI will walk out of St. Joseph's Church on his first day in New York City and see a cluster of blue and white flags from his native Bavaria waving to him from across East 87th Street.

The flag event -- which awaits Secret Service approval -- is a gesture of welcome from the people who keep the neighborhood's almost-vanished German heritage alive. Yorkville's...

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