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Bruceyyyyyyyy !
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Me...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles =
available. ~Jim Beggs .. :o)
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"revbiff" <biff@biff.biff> wrote in message =
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..... As I understand it, Cardinal Ratzinger was not the Cardinals' =
first choice. It was, interestingly, Cardinal Hans Grapje. Grapje was =
raised in a Catholic school in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to =
become a priest, but was drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two =
years co-piloting B17s until his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and he =
lost his left arm. Captain Grapje spent the rest of the war as a =
chaplain, giving spiritual aid to soldiers, both Allied and enemy. =
After the war, he became a priest, serving as a missionary in Africa, =
piloting his own plane (in spite of his handicap) to villages across the =
continent. In 1997, Father Grapje was serving in Zimbabwe when an =
explosion in a silver mine caused a cave-in. Archbishop Grapje went down =
into the mine to administer last rights to those too severely injured to =
move. Another shaft collapsed, and he was buried for three days, =
suffering multiple injuries, including the loss of his right eye. The =
high silver content in the mine's air gave him purpura, a life-long =
condition characterized by purplish skin blotches. Although Cardinal =
Grapje devoted his life to the service of God as a scholar, mentor, and =
holy man, church leaders felt that he should never ascend to the Papacy. =
They felt that the Church would never accept a one-eyed, one-armed, =
flying purple Papal leader.
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Grapje. Grapje was raised in a Catholic school in The Hague =
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a young man, aspired to become a priest, but was drafted into the =
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Zimbabwe when an explosion in a silver mine caused a cave-in. =
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Grapje went down into the mine to administer last rights to those =
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was buried for=20
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a life-long condition characterized by purplish skin =
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scholar,=20
mentor, and holy man, church leaders felt that he should never ascend =
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