Breaking news: ew

[brandywine28]

No. No, no, no. No.

I take it all back. I formally retract my squee.

And anyway, it was mostly wine-based. The squee, I mean. Also, pomp-based. I am extremely susceptible to pomp.

And now I'm off! To take a highly symbolic shower!

Comments

[shinetheway.livejournal.com]

It was a gut punch when I realized that it might actually have happened, definitely.

The reason I didn't believe it for so long, though is because the news was only coming from her lawyers, who wouldn't know how to tell the truth if it stood up in front of them wearing a sign. (It's still only coming from her lawyers, the Vatican hasn't confirmed it at all.)

And also this article brought me a bit of internal peace over it. I especially like the bit at the end, where they're like "eh, whatever, they've got thousands, they'll give rosaries to ANYONE. I mean, they even give them to journalists!"

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Ugh, thank you for that link. 'Tis a balm to my weary soul. *gingerly eases myself into a rocking chair and sips some chamomile*

And yeah, I've been hearing variations on that claim coming from all corners today, and I can totally see some faceless Vatican official shoving him into a room, saying "hey, look! A nice, dowdy, Jesus lovin' lady! Give her a hug!" in mangled Italian, and pretty much barring the door from the outside. Those dudes are crafty, yo. I know. I've seen ALL (read: both) of the Robert Langdon movies. :)

The man LOVES giving hugs. And his English is, well...kinda terrible. It's a recipe for disaster.