[eastsider]

'Prohibetur Uti Fumo' Pope John Paul II, a non-smoker, approved the new measure on 4 June.

He might be a non-smoker now, but a friend who had a private audience with JPII concerning the Vatican Bank scandal at the beginning of his pontificate said the first thing the pope did was to pull out a pack of Parliaments.

Nothing worse than a reformed smoker ...

[BUMPA31]

they leave the child rapeists alone and in most case's cover for them.<
but smoke a butt and the smoking nazi swine will hound you till your dead.

[sinkspur]

Pius X took pride in his collection of Cuban cigars.

Pius XII, on the other hand, condemned the practice of contemplative priests smoking cigarettes.

[SheLion]

He might be a non-smoker now, but a friend who had a private audience with JPII concerning the Vatican Bank scandal at the beginning of his pontificate said the first thing the pope did was to pull out a pack of Parliaments.

Surely, you jest. He SMOKED? No kidding!

[waterstraat]

He might be a non-smoker now, but a friend who had a private audience with JPII concerning the Vatican Bank scandal at the beginning of his pontificate said the first thing the pope did was to pull out a pack of Parliaments.

There have been plenty of popes that have smoked. Why does the Vatican gift shop sell cigarettes? If I had a dollar for every catholic that smoked.........