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Yahoo! buzzing over 'nonce Pope's' Christmas message

Yahoo!'s buzz service took a pop at the papacy overnight, apparently informing its readers: "Nonce Pope to deliver Christmas message on the BBC". Buzz, for those who haven't noticed, is a Digg-alike service allowing Yahoo! users to flag up content – and crucially giving them the ability to add in their own headline. And for …

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Nonce title required

I like the first comment:

"He'll get my vote if he wishes all the muslims a happy christmas" LOL!

Anonymous Coward

And he'll get my vote

He gets my vote when he visits Saudi Arabia and publicly wishes the people Merry Christmas while holding up a crucifix in the middle of chopchop square..!

That should just about do it for the uber hypocrite btard.

I doubt I'll be the first to say

Sounds pretty accurate to me. Or, at least, a nonce facilitator.

Nazi does not equal Nonce

I think it's very unfair on Nazis that the Pope is thought of as a Nonce. No wait, it's very unfair on Catholic clergy that the Pope is thought of as a Nonce. It is also unfair that our Royal Family is given a bad name by being linked to the Nonce Pope via being German. Oh the interconnectedness of everything....

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Nazi...

...would have been more appropriate.

hence...

...papal noncio

Joke

Those with no humour look away

Is the Pope Catholic and making the world safe for pedophiles?

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Joke

This aint libel is it?

I always suspected one day the word "Pope" would appear on some kind of "Register" - and here today it dose!

Anonymous Coward

and then?...

Eight year olds, Dude. Eight year olds.

Anonymous Coward

"you know that new Pope, he used to be a Nazi"

I would be more scared if you told me "you know that new Nazi, he used to be a Pope"

Anonymous Coward

The pope did spend time in the Hitler Youth

Is saying that considered offensive and to be moderated out?

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