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Okay, it's an honor thing. Gotcha.

-Daniel

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Habemus papam!
sorry it's too fun to say

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I only found out yesterday that Pope's are given new names. I thought that our late Pope John Paul II was born with that name (You learn something new every day, eh?!) ... I'm obviously not Catholic but I respect the church leaders.
Pope Benedict XVI has gone through a lot! He went from being a forced member of the Nazi Youth to being a Nazi POW in America and now he's the Pope! What a lifetime!

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That's quite a story to tell to the grandkids ^^

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The title of this thread is dated now

but it reminds me of when JP1 was elected pope, and died within a month, then JP2 was elected.

When JP1 died so quickly the wire services carried the news, that the pope of the world wide catholic church had died for the second time, how unsettling it was, and that the church had been shaken to its foundations (by losing two popes in such a short period)

MIT had an AI program at the time that scanned AP wire news storys, and condensed them down to one sentance. The program took in the AP wire story and output:

"The pope died twice today, causing a major earthquake!"

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Considering he's been a priest for decades, and Catholic priests are (supposed to be...) celibate, it's unlikely that he'll ever have the chance.