--- 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?
> >
I dont know but there are quite a few historical cases of women fleeing the drudgery of their plight as women to become monks (posing as men). My great friend, the italian novelist Marina Minghelli, wrote a historical novel "Santa Marina la Travestita" based on one such incident. Why not a Pope?!
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