It's like a light came on in the Vatican. A red light, but a light nonetheless.
[quote]Benedict said that for male prostitutes — for whom contraception isn’t the central issue — condoms are not a moral solution. But he said they could be justified “in the intention of reducing the risk of infection.”
I watched the movie Pope Joan last night. It was fascinating and a great movie, especially if you are a history or religious geek.
It is a fictionilised account of what might have happened to Pope Joan. A women (perhaps a trans man) who was elected Pope, but who lived her life as a man, in order to be educated and to be able to serve God with her great gifts and wisdom.
I have just read The Last Pope - Luis Miquel Rocha.
This is a novel about the death of John Paul 1 (Albino Luciani) Sept. 29,1978 (d)
The author admits it is part fact and part fiction and it is up to the reader to sort out. Pope John Paul1 lived as pope for 33 days and many conspiracy theories swirl around his death.
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In the book this Pope is said to not believe in the infallibility of the pope. This, of course , worried many.
