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With New Pope Comes New E-Mail Address

 

POSTED: 5:56 am PDT April 21, 2005

 

VATICAN CITY -- Getting a message to the new pope is just a couple of mouse clicks away.

 

The Vatican has revamped its Web site so that users visiting its home page can easily activate an e-mail composer with Pope Benedict XVI's e-mail address.

 

That address is: benedictxvi@vatican.va.

 

Pope John Paul II was the first pontiff to use e-mail and the Vatican said he got tens of thousands of messages as his health began to fail.

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reminds me of a joke the Irish Catholics in my family (mom's side) used to tell...

 

a newly ordained priest visits the Cardinal of New York. When he's there he see's an ornate telephone. Intrigued, the priest asks what the phone is. The Cardinal of New York informs the young priest that the phone is a direct line to God.

 

The young priest is amazed. A direct line to God!!!

The Cardinal tells the young priest it's only $20 per call

 

After a few years in the priesthood, the young priest gets an appointment to Vatican City. In VC, he's sees the same phone and asks the Pope if that's what he thinks it is. The Pope confirms and says it's $10 per call

 

As the priest works his way up, the Pope sends him to Ireland to speak with the Cardinal there. In Ireland, the priest sees a similar telephone to the one he saw in New York and Rome. The priest asks if the phone is the same as the one's he's seen before.

 

The Irish Cardinal confirms and says it's 25 cents per call. The priest is amazed at the low cost of the call versus Rome and New York. To wich the Irish Cardinal informs the priest that it's a local call :rolleyes:

 

but then again, i was raised Episcopal :)

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The priest in a small Irish village was very fond of the chickens he kept in the hen house out the back of the parish rectory. He had a prized

rooster rooster and about ten hens. One Saturday night the rooster rooster was missing and the priest suspected that was the time the rooster fights

occurred in the village. So he decided to do something about it at church the next morning.

 

At Mass, he asked the congregation, "Has anybody got a rooster?" All the men stood up.

 

"No, No," he said, "that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen a rooster?" All the women stood up.

 

"No, No," he said, "that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen a rooster that doesn't belong to them?" Half the women stood up.

 

"No, No," he said, "that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen my rooster?"

 

All the alter boys stood up.

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Somehow, this pope doesn't seem to me to be one who forwards jokes via email, but no matter.

 

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A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the Monsignor for some tips to stop his nervousness.

 

The Monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."

 

So the next Sunday he took the Monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm.

 

Upon his return to his office after mass, he found the following note on the door:

 

1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp.

 

2. There are 10 commandments, not 12.

 

3. There are 12 disciples, not 10.

 

4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.

 

5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.

 

6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.

 

7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the Spook.

 

8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the sh-- out of him.

 

9. When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.

 

10. We do not refer to the cross as the Big T.

 

11. When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, 'Take this and eat it for it is my body'. He did not say 'Eat me'.

 

12. The Virgin Mary is not called Mary with the Cherry.

 

13. The recommended grace before a meal is not Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, yeah God.

 

14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

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With New Pope Comes New E-Mail Address

 

POSTED: 5:56 am PDT April 21, 2005

 

VATICAN CITY -- Getting a message to the new pope is just a couple of mouse clicks away.

 

The Vatican has revamped its Web site so that users visiting its home page can easily activate an e-mail composer with Pope Benedict XVI's e-mail address.

 

That address is: benedictxvi@vatican.va.

 

Pope John Paul II was the first pontiff to use e-mail and the Vatican said he got tens of thousands of messages as his health began to fail.

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Dear Pope:

 

Do you mind if we call you "Big Cat"?

 

BADOLBILZ - St. Joseph's Parish, Wayland, NY

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Just a few questions for Ben XVI.......

 

 

What are you listening to right now?

Where is the best pizza joint in Rome?

Henry for a 3rd or let him rot on the bench?

Your views on illegal file sharing of music?

Who's going to win American Idol?

How good are you at currency exchange?

:w00t:

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