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To: Titanites; wmfights; Gamecock; Quix; Marysecretary; Alex Murphy; ConservativeMind
The Nazis were "diabolical," he told friends privately. Hitler "is completely obsessed," he said to his long-time secretary, Sister Pascalina.

You mean the sister Pascalina who was a German nun who lived with Pacelli for decades? That "secretary?"

That secretary whose name was really Lehnert and whose biography is entitled, "La Popessa: The Controversial Biography of Sister Pascalina, the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History."

719 posted on 03/16/2008 4:35:11 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

You wrote:

“You mean the sister Pascalina who was a German nun who lived with Pacelli for decades? That “secretary?” “

1) She was a secretary so why put the word in quote marks?

2) What does it matter that she was German (actually Bavarian)? Did that make her less of a nun?

3) Do you have any evidence at all that she was lying?

“That secretary whose name was really Lehnert and whose biography is entitled, “La Popessa: The Controversial Biography of Sister Pascalina, the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History.””

Her autobiography is entitled, Ich durfte Ihm Dienen, Naumann, Würzburg, 1982, 1986.


722 posted on 03/16/2008 4:41:37 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; vladimir998; Campion; Petronski; sandyeggo
You mean the sister Pascalina who was a German nun who lived with Pacelli for decades? That "secretary?"

Yes, that one.

That secretary whose name was really Lehnert

Her name was "really" Pascalina Lehnert. I suppose you would know that if you had ready her biography.

whose biography is entitled, "La Popessa: The Controversial Biography of Sister Pascalina, the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History."

That is the title of one of the biographies about her. Here is a comment about the biography you seem to prefer (based on your recommendation):

    La Popessa begins: We move onto the terrace of her Casa Angelicus, a sprawling retreat set on a hill of stately trees and romantic pathways, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Off in the distance, the lights of Rome glow faintly against the darkening sky.

    Not true. Her Casa Pastor Angelicus is indeed set on a hill, Monte Mario in Rome, but as Rome and Monte Mario goes, far away from any sea. It is geographically impossible to overlook the Tyrrhenian Sea from Monte Mario in Rome. Wikipedia: …The Tyrrhenian Sea ... is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. It is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west) Liguria (north)....Other statements, too numerous to mention, are equally funny.

the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History

Even more powerful than "Popess Joan"? Wow.

735 posted on 03/16/2008 5:14:10 PM PDT by Titanites
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