There is a new Pope

[Ned]

On the issue of celibacy, who can name the first married pope?

[Alexander's Horse]

Oh well - the bright side is he's 78 years old so hopefully he will die soon.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Ned
See.

Do I have to point out that Australia and Great Britain are two different countries?

[Adalbertus]

Originally posted by Locutus


He was Dutch, not German.

In 1522/23, the Netherlands were part of Germany, the independence war still had to wait for half a century, and was fought against the Habsburgians more than agains the Holy Roman Empire, the language still was recognised as one of many German dialects, and so on. In other words: The differences were far minor than those between Germany and Austria nowadays. If you had asked him, if he was Dutch or German, he probably would have answered : "both, of course".

P.S. Don't you still sing in your National Anthem about being German?

[Hueij]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
The last German Pope was Adrian VI, who was elected in 1522 and died in 1523

He was the first and last DUTCH pope

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
Dutch... German. It’s the same thing except for the wooden shoes and windmills. Germans hate those.

Effing American

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Adalbertus Lots of BS

Effing German

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Hueij
Effing American

Call 'em Yanks, that ticks 'em off, especially if they're from the South

Originally posted by Adalbertus
In 1522/23, the Netherlands were part of Germany

Ehm, no, we were Habsburgian/Spanish then, not German. And Dutch has been distinct from German as a language since early Medieval times, though it's true that the local dialects in the east are Lower Saxon, so they have more in common with German than Dutch. But that does not mean that the Dutch states have always been geo-politically distinct from the German ones, as they fell under Burgundy rule (and before then they were largely independent, they were only nominally part of the HRE).

P.S. Don't you still sing in your National Anthem about being German?

Urban legend Diets = Old-Dutch for Dutch, not German. It's no coincidence the English word is so similar...

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm happy.

He even likes the Benedictines.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Agathon
Does he like little boys?

Yes, one's with straight black hair, searing hypnotic eyes and little toothbrush moustaches. You know, Brazilians.

[Dinner]

When he was working as head of the Inquisition he was the one who formulated the policy that women could not be priests and made it official policy to oppose gay marriage even if it is just civil unions. He was also quoted as saying that the Church's sex abuse scandals weren't real and that communists, atheists, people from other religions were making it up and feeding it to the media in order to discredit the Catholic church.

Just the man to tackle the Catholic Church's sex abuse problems.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ned
On the issue of celibacy, who can name the first married pope?

I'm not sure about which was married but Laz reported about loads of them who were pedophiles. Ass raping little boys seems to be a solid Catholic tradition.

[Heresson]

Offending catholics never ceases to be cool, huh?

[Agathon]

I think we can dismiss anything said by the Brits as traditional jealously of and resentment of anything German.

Really?

Altogether now everyone!!! (to the tune of Camptown Races)

Two world wars and one world cup do da.. do da
Two world wars and one world cup do da.. do da dey
We smashed the Huns...
We smashed the Huuuuunnnnsss...
Two world wars and one world cup
do da.. do da dey

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Heresson
Offending catholics never ceases to be cool, huh?

I can't help it if the truth hurts. There were tons and tons of pedophile Popes. The Church still has this problem and the current Pope is on record as saying the whole problem has been invented by communists, atheists, and Jews. Lovely...