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Police: Stolen Pope Francis Cut-Out Returned To New Jersey Church

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) -- A life-sized cut-out of Pope Francis that was stolen from a South Jersey church is now back where it belongs.

Police in Washington Township say on the night of Oct. 12, the pope was taken following a "handbag bingo" event at Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.

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Witnesses tell police they saw three women in a white Audi snatch the cut-out.

Police say one of the females was described as elderly and "on oxygen."

There is no word on how the cut-out made it back to the church.

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