General Chat

I do it quite often Ann but as the world's media had a zillion cameras focused on the person in question that video is going to be shown a few times.

Cynthia,

"On the news it has just said that one of the very few people the Pope confided in was his brother. I do wonder if he has been told some bad health news and has turned to family for support, advice and comfort. Even a Pope needs comfort at times."


The man is head of one of the largest religions the world has ever known surrounded by LIKE MINDED people of RELIGION and BELIEF,
Are you saying that the Pope could not confide in the very institution and peoples hes the head of and has donated his life work to



Just glad i'm an atheist

who was it who fell asleep whilst having a meal with the Queen recently?

I'm sort of keeping schtoom, in case I'm accused of something.

BUT - I hope the next Pope is even more stringent about child abusing priests and the flagrant corruption within the Vatican.

I hope everyone would agree with that Maggie

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Agreed Maggie x

What I would like to know was it necessary to send Hugh Edwards to Rome to chat there for a few minutes with the BBC Europe Editor and the Rome Correspendent who has lived in Rome for 40 years???

Have no idea Chris..but it annoys the hell out of me !!!!

why cant we have a woman pope things would really get done then :-D :-D

women are far too lowly - what on earth are you thinking of Joy :-S :-S

well Ann we couldnt mess things up any worse than men do :-D :-D

Agree, Joy. And as Popes tend to be elderly, they'd have no problem with accusing us of hysteria and 'womens problems'.

There was one woman Pope - Pope Joan in the 13th century.
They thought she was a man - but then she had a baby - a dead giveaway that she was female (unless you're of a certain Islamic tribe who believe the next leader will be born of a man - hence the wearing of cr*p catchers and the daily inspection of - guess what - in case they'd given birth to the Messiah)
It's because of her, that the Pope has to be raised and 'studied' from underneath to prove he has the appropriate 'equipment'

(sorry, that was a you know who moment)

Edit - Pope joan was written about in the 13th century. She was probably from the 850's!!

Aaah the infamous papal chair with the handy hole.

Put like that, Sue :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

That's actually really interesting...I really didn't know about any of that Maggie !!!

I have loads of inappropriate comments spinning around in my head re the stool examining but maybe another day lol

well i dont mind been pope
but i am not having a baby for love nor money ;-) ;-)
thanks for that Maggie i really enjoyed reading your post
i love strange facts
you learn something new everyday :-D :-D

In my view, it's just typical of men to think having a baby is similar to having a number 2!!!

Also, if Pope Joan had a baby - why wasn't it presumed to be an immaculate conception?

And - who was the father (we're talking Vatican City here - lots of allegedly celibate men)

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D ain't that the truth !!!!!!!!

Still in dispute I think:

After two or five years of reign, 'Pope Joan' became pregnant, and during an Easter procession, she gave birth to the child on the streets when she fell off a horse. She was publicly stoned to death by the astonished crowd, and according to the legend, removed from the Vatican archives.

As a consequence, certain traditions stated that popes throughout the medieval period were required to undergo a procedure wherein they sat on a special chair with a hole in the seat. A cardinal would have the task of putting his hand up the hole to check whether the pope had testicles, or doing a visual examination.[citation needed] This procedure is not taken seriously by most historians, and there is no documented instance. It is probably a scurrilous legend based on the existence of two ancient stone chairs with holes in the seats that probably dated from Roman times and may have been used because of their ancient imperial origins. Their original purpose is obscure.

This is my reply to Sylvia on the Christian thread where the posts were from not on here.

Sylvia,

I have reported your post on my thread as you C & Pd posts from THIS thread onto mine which have absolutely nothing to do with my thread.

Should GR not uphold my complaint I will happily delete my thread as I will not allow it to be used as a platform for you to cross contaminate.

Sue