"The story is as enduring as it is dubious: A millennium or so ago in Rome, the pope was riding in a procession when suddenly she – that's right, she – went into labor and had a baby."
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Article comments
1 - RJ
Hmm. So, lemme get this straight. Popes can't have sex, or be female. But there was once a Pope who was a female, and she had a kid?
DOES NOT COMPUTE! :-/
2 - Dave Nalle
Lots and lots of popes had sex and kids. Some popes had kids who became pope even.
Dave
3 - bhw
Yes, Dave, but were the popes having sex WITH kids? That is the question.
4 - Dave Nalle
I wouldn't be at all surprised with some of them.
Dave