When cardinals of the Catholic Church began arriving in the Vatican for the March 2013 conclave at which Pope Francis was elected to replace Pope Benedict XVI who unceremoniously resigned his office, an impostor sneaked through.
"Bishop" Ralph Napierski got past a checkpoint of Swiss Guards and even posed for photographs with some cardinals before his luck finally ran out.
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