(September 3, 2023 at 5:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 3, 2023 at 10:19 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: It appears to be a fraud.
All the recent dead popes laid in state for a rather lengthy time, for all to see, and as far as I can tell none of them
were "mutilated" at any point in their post-mortem period. They may have been "tapped" ceremonially but I can see no evidence for this as an actual proof of death.
The silver hammer was used to smash the papal ring.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammer-time/
They did check that new popes had testicles for a while, after Pope Joan manages to get through election.
LOL
It think it would better a better idea to hit a newly elected Pope in the head with a very large hammer three times. If he lives through it, he gets to be Pope.
First blow.
Candidate: "The communion wafer is people!"
Second blow.
Candidate: "Original sin passes down from Adam through semen."
Third blow:
Candidate: "Eating a hot dog on a Friday of Lent is an unforgivable mortal sin."
College of Cardinals: "Perfection."
