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01 Feb 2025, 9:44 am

Would a female Pope be Popess

Could there be a female Pope one day


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01 Feb 2025, 10:04 am

But…but…women don’t have penises (according to the Church’s notion of gender). I just can’t see how a female pope would even work.

Mind-blown.



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01 Feb 2025, 10:19 am

I once heard that many years ago a woman may have been the pope impersonating a male. I don't know if it's true, but those robes look pretty good at hiding any telltale shapes or bumps, and back then a lot of people were really thin or gaunt, which would have made it easier.

Women weren't allowed to do much of anything a long time ago, so if they impersonated a male it wouldn't necessarily have been because they wanted to, but so they could actually do things women are allowed to do now. At least in most western countries, anyway.



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01 Feb 2025, 10:31 am

I don't understand what having a penis has got to do with being a pope....I know you was being sarcastic TP but there is probably some truth in what you say


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01 Feb 2025, 10:38 am

babybird wrote:
I don't understand what having a penis has got to do with being a pope....I know you was being sarcastic TP but there is probably some truth in what you say


pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father')

So, it's literally in the name. :P


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01 Feb 2025, 10:48 am

Oh so would a female Pope be called Mope


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01 Feb 2025, 10:50 am

babybird wrote:
Oh so would a female Pope be called Mope


:lol:

Popess is the word we'd most likely use, but Mater or something derived from it would be more correct.


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01 Feb 2025, 10:52 am

Oh yeah :lol:


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01 Feb 2025, 11:03 am

I want to be a Mope.



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01 Feb 2025, 11:05 am

TwilightPrincess wrote:
I want to be a Mope.


We have enough of them on here. :P


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01 Feb 2025, 11:08 am

:lol:



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01 Feb 2025, 11:21 am

funeralxempire wrote:
TwilightPrincess wrote:
I want to be a Mope.


We have enough of them on here. :P


Oh yeah

Anyway TP you're a princess


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01 Feb 2025, 11:33 am

It depends on the day. :lol:



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01 Feb 2025, 11:47 am

:lol:


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01 Feb 2025, 11:55 am

In the Middle Ages some writers alleged that a woman -- disguised as a man -- was once elected Pope, and then, after about two years, was very violently killed when her sex was discovered. See Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia for details.


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01 Feb 2025, 2:54 pm

Has there been a movie made about this because I would love to see it


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