] Joseph Ratzinger Is New Pope

And he's even more conservative than John Paul. His new name is Benedict XVI, guess he's better than Pius I, or Pius "the weak" IX.

But at least I learned something: http://atheism.about.com/od/popesandthepapacy/a/overview.htm

The pope is in rome because apperently they're from the line of St. Peter who setup shop in rome. Did you know the pope had a real army up until 1860? Did you know that the vatican only became indiependant after deals w/ Benito Mussolini? Yeah... 1929... which is two years AFTER this Benedict XVI guy was born.

The church is doing this in a such a way as to get ready and do this again.

--timball

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