Via his squidiness, a test on which pope you are. Me?
Seek help now!You are a giddy combo of the weirder Popes, Stephen VI, Benedict XVI and St Peter
But we knew that already, no?
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I like that test:
"Well done!
You are a mish-mash of Pope Sisinnius, Stephen the Pope Elect and Pope Urban VII, who didnât reign long enough to make any sort of Papal mess. And/or you represent the period of sede vacante when there is no Pope at all â probably the best scenario."
"Pull your socks up!
You are an amalgamation of those pesky anti-Popes Clement VII and Benedict XIII"
Which is fine with me, because it is quite the racket.
I liked that for two of the questions all of the choices offered were "I call Papal infallibility!"
I did notice that some of the answers were geared toward getting St. Peter as a result.
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