Thursday, 30 May 2024

1075 - PAPAL

Luigi wAs a tenant farmer who ran a dairy herd which turned a solid profit every year. He was often asked who the farm landlord was, but he always refused to say. (His wife, of course, knew that the landlord was the papacy.) One day the bull got stuck in the small disused canal that ran through the farm. A vet and some nearby farmers came to help release the trapped animal. All was well and the animal was declared unharmed by the vet. Later that evening Luigi's wife remarked "Well you could say you saved the Papal bull today".

The apostolic constitution Magni aestimamus issued as a papal bull by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011
The apostolic constitution Magni aestimamus issued as a papal bull by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011

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