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To: Chi-townChief
To connect Benedict, a pale, bookish German, to anything olive takes some imagination. But Malachy-watchers point to the choice of the name Benedict -- an allusion to the Order of Saint Benedict, a branch of which is known as the Olivetans.

I think the prophesy is silly, but it takes little imagination to connect Pope Benedict XVI to olives. I mean, that's just one dinky step. Benedict --> Olivetans.

15 posted on 04/29/2005 10:12:24 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

I guessed it was a reference to Olivia Newton John but what do I know


17 posted on 04/29/2005 10:16:17 AM PDT by Arkie2
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To: Romulus

Will you become Peter the Roman?


19 posted on 04/29/2005 10:20:54 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Perhaps he is a secretive martini drinker.


52 posted on 04/29/2005 1:56:15 PM PDT by verity (A mindset is an antidote to logic.)
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