[lit-ideas] just so you know...
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:56:00 -0700
over dinner a few nights ago, we talked about the next pope. i said that
perhaps he would be
South American or African, and i added there hadn't been an African pope for
some time.
several said there had never been an African pope.
i looked this up; Pope Gelasius, 492-96 AD. was born in Africa.
http://www.answers.com/topic/gelasius-i
howevever, whether he was a Black African, an Arab African, or a European born
in Africa
isn't clear. there are no images of him.
anyone know of prior non-Euro popes?
there's also St. Augustine (nein, not the rabbit) who was African.
so, okay, it's been 1,500 years since the last non-European pope, and John Paul
II was the
first non-Italian in 500 years.
if you want to catch up on recent popes, there
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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