Singing Potatoes
Wednesday, 8 October 2003
Whatever happened to tradition?

According to this article, after John Paul II dies, the Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church will not strike him in the head three times with a hammer and shout his family name into his ear.

Furthermore, the Cardinals will not be cooped up in a cramped space until they choose a successor, with only a small hole in the wall through which to receive food; they'll have more spacious accomodations from which they will be transported to the Sistine Chapel twice daily to vote.

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Margaret Cho has an interesting rant on the Pope in her blog, concerning the Vatican's statement that condoms don't prevent AIDS.
So what's the URL?

Oops, never mind, I found it.