By Natalie Hamil, Staff Writer, Emerson College
The buzz surrounding Pope Francis I is still strong around the Vatican, even after almost a week of the leader of the Catholic Church's appointment. His position as a Jesuit, combined with some more "modern" practices make him a revolutionary Pope in the eyes of those in high standing with the Church. But while looking for information on the new Pope, I stumbled across an article on CNN that really caught my eye. Take a look at it here:
The premise of the article is that there was a female pope at one point in history. A female pope? How could that even happen? Well, after pulling off a Mulan-esque disguise, Pope Joan supposedly worked her way up through the ranks of the Church and became Pope while disguising herself as a man. Rumor has it, she went into labor during a papal procession and was killed by the angry mob surrounding her.
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The buzz surrounding Pope Francis I is still strong around the Vatican, even after almost a week of the leader of the Catholic Church's appointment. His position as a Jesuit, combined with some more "modern" practices make him a revolutionary Pope in the eyes of those in high standing with the Church. But while looking for information on the new Pope, I stumbled across an article on CNN that really caught my eye. Take a look at it here:
The premise of the article is that there was a female pope at one point in history. A female pope? How could that even happen? Well, after pulling off a Mulan-esque disguise, Pope Joan supposedly worked her way up through the ranks of the Church and became Pope while disguising herself as a man. Rumor has it, she went into labor during a papal procession and was killed by the angry mob surrounding her.
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