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Damnit...I had music with it!
"Sweetness" <sweetchixorHATESSPAMMY@yahoo.ca> wrote in message =
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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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-- Bifford--
www.biffstoejam.com
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Ratzinger was not the Cardinals' first choice. It was, =
interestingly,=20
Cardinal Hans Grapje. Grapje was raised in a Catholic =
school in=20
The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but =
was=20
drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two years =
co-piloting B17s=20
until his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and he lost his left =
arm.=20
Captain Grapje spent the rest of the war as a chaplain,=20
giving spiritual aid to soldiers, both Allied and enemy. =
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the war, he became a priest, serving as a missionary in=20
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size=3D3>Africa,=20
piloting his own plane (in spite of his handicap) to villages =
across=20
the continent. In 1997, Father Grapje was serving in Zimbabwe =
when an=20
explosion in a silver mine caused a cave-in. Archbishop Grapje went =
down=20
into the mine to administer last rights to those too severely =
injured=20
to move. Another shaft collapsed, and he was buried for three =
days,=20
suffering multiple injuries, including the loss of his right =
eye. The=20
high silver content in the mine's air gave him purpura, =
a life-long=20
condition characterized by purplish skin blotches. Although =
Cardinal=20
Grapje devoted his life to the service of God as a scholar, mentor, =
and holy=20
man, church leaders felt that he should never ascend to the =
Papacy. =20
They felt that the Church would never accept a one-eyed, one-armed, =
flying=20
purple Papal leader.</FONT><BR></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT =
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