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twelli · 04-22-2005, 01:49 AM

the pope choses his name to honor previous popes of the same name or to indicate what direction he intends to follow during his paparazzi (did I spell this right?)

anyway, this is what I found in the Encyclopedia of World History on previous Benedicts:

Benedict VIII "something of a reformer"
Benedict IX "a debauchee who sold the papacy for cash"
Benedict XI "promulgated a bull condemning the principals in the affair at Anagni, and died almost immediately (reputedly by poison)"
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Benedict XIV "a charming, learned and serious-minded pope"
Benedict XV "was confronted with the world conflagration, which he did the utmost to terminate. put forward proposal for peace. but efforts bore no fruit"

hope he wants to follow in the footsteps of B14...

04-22-2005, 01:49 AM	#35
twelli Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,586	RE: Pope Benedict XVI the pope choses his name to honor previous popes of the same name or to indicate what direction he intends to follow during his paparazzi (did I spell this right?) anyway, this is what I found in the Encyclopedia of World History on previous Benedicts: Benedict VIII "something of a reformer" Benedict IX "a debauchee who sold the papacy for cash" Benedict XI "promulgated a bull condemning the principals in the affair at Anagni, and died almost immediately (reputedly by poison)" . . Benedict XIV "a charming, learned and serious-minded pope" Benedict XV "was confronted with the world conflagration, which he did the utmost to terminate. put forward proposal for peace. but efforts bore no fruit" hope he wants to follow in the footsteps of B14... __________________ At the end of each practice, the Mavs conduct a competition and ring a bell whenever someone makes 20 of 25 3-point attempts. “He’s always around 23 or 24,” West said. “The bell rings every day.”