From Steevil the Sailor Man (and famous rocket scientist), this article from something called AGI Online, which, as he notes, contains a rather adventuresome translation:
BENEDICT XVI CELEBRATES JOHN PAUL II AND LATE CARDINALS
(AGI) - Vatican City, Nov 11 - The legacy of Pope John Pail II "includes, among various examples, a shining attitude towards prayer. We now pick up his spiritual heritage under the guidance of his heavenly intercession," said today Pope Benedict XVI during a sermon to celebrate late cardinals and bishops. "Over the last 12 months," said the current Pope, "we have had five revered cardinals who kicked the bucket: Juan Carlos Aramburu, Jan Pieter Schotte, Corrado Bafile, Jaime Sin and, less than a month ago, Giuseppe Caprio. [...]
That's hysterical! The whole article is pretty funny, but the notion of the Pope saying that anyone kicked the bucket is a riot.
It must be due to one of those auto-translate programs. Heh.
Posted by: Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady at November 14, 2005 06:13 PMOr maybe "singing with the choir eternal" was a bit too Pythonesque...
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at November 15, 2005 09:12 AM