I am prepared to believe Times Online that the Pope may not (by law) be Scottish. (I got 80% on the Pope Trivia Test got questions 5 and 9 wrong).
Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560
Wikipedia, however, says the Act has fallen into disuse – certainly it has as far as it excludes the jurisdiction of the Pope in Scotland – and doubts a Scotsman who became pope would be punished. I am sure there would be an even greater jubilation in Scotland than there was in Germany on ‘Wir sind Papst’.
The language of the Papal Jurisdiction Act is Ankh-Morporkian. I didn’t know they had colonies in the north.
I believe the name Cunningham is Lowland Scots, so it should be more familiar.
Then we should look forward to a Scotswoman – or a Scots-born migrant who has moved South of the Border – being elected Pope.
Query: the Papal eligibility of crooner Rod Stewart, half-Scottish on his father’s side and English on his mother’s side but, as is common knowledge, considers himself a Scotsman = Scottish soccer/rugby supporter only.
Looks like the home of Bill Gates.
P.S.: Latest 2 posts are password protected.
Thanks – I hope I have corrected that now.
Yes and no. The post about the British Isles still asks for a password.
This is terrible. I deleted the password on both entries in exactly the same way. But if I delete the password on the British Isles entry and save, the password reappears.
I may have solved it now. Curse Firefox!
And why, when I quit Firefox, does it often say, ‘Firefox had a problem and quit unexpectedly’ and then ask me to send a report on the error? (Rhetorical question).