December 22, 2005
The Holy Zoo
The Vatican has a comedian?
Spain protested to the Vatican on Thursday after a comedian from a church-controlled radio station made a spoof telephone call to Bolivia's president-elect pretending to be the Spanish prime minister.
I don't get it.
In more important Vatican news, the Holy See has granted permission to German researchers to inspect its former (abandoned in 1967) "Index of Forbidden Books." Preliminary feedback from the researchers reveals some interesting selections, such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, and a book on manners, by Adolph Knigge. Mein Kampf failed to approach the level of insidiousness necessary to make the list.
posted by scott pilutik at December 22, 2005 09:22 PM