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Posted: 11:24 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Local business prepares new pope merchandise

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By Ryan Eldredge

Steubenville, OH —

"We have a pope!"

It's the cry of Catholics all across the world, and in the Ohio Valley the cry means more than just a new pope.

At Nelson Fine Art and Gifts in Steubenville, it's in with the new and out with the old as workers scramble to change merchandise from Pope Benedict XVI to Pope Francis I.

"We've been working towards having everything in place, waiting for who it was," said owner Mark Nelson. "Not knowing who the man was going to be, we've got picture frames, we've got glass cut, we've had T-shirts purchased that are raw and we are ready to imprint them."

And there is more. Everything from cards to mugs, plaques and pictures will be shipped across the country starting Thursday morning.

"We ship things all across the country," said Nelson. "We have 600 accounts that are waiting for the product. A lot of churches want it ready for Sunday."

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