On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > Oh, and speaking of that reactionary old bastard, I read in NY Press
> > a few weeks ago that there's a ritual examiniation of the genital
> > package of a new pope to make sure he's not a she. Does anyone know
> > if this is really true?
>
> They don't do it today but there is very good evidence in the Vatican
> Museum that they did at one time. The church officially denies it ever
> did but they have no rational explanation for the "sella
> stercoraria"...