One of the books I am reading at the moment is Garry O'Connor's biography of Pope John Paul II.
The reason I mention this is that last night I was reading about his visit to Great Britain in 1982 and I came across this paragraph which made me smile:
"In Liverpool the Pope visited both the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals. Along the route of his British Leyland lorry decked out as a popemobile, anti-papal Paisleyites waved placards on which was painted: ANYONE BLESSED BY THE POPE IS CONDEMNED TO HELL. The Pope turned towards one, and with a mischevious twinkle in his eye gave the Paisleyites a blessing."
You've got to hand it to those Paisleyites for their imagination! ;)
2 comments:
I loved the annecdote about blessing the Paisleyites, Paul.
I still remember the book "Illustrisimi" by Albino Luciani (aka Pope John Paul I) which you recommended on your original Mars Hill website.
Hi kanakaberaka, long time no see
I do mean to pop by the C.S. Lewis website but I was somewhat busy at one time and you know how it is, the longer you leave it..
Anyways will pop by Into the Wardrobe before too long! :)
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