Who was Pope when you were born?

[MrScorpio]

Did your family even care?

I know that my own didn't...

Pope Johnny the Twenty-Third, in my case.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Olive Oyl's mate.

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[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I was a rare Protestant in a city of mostly Catholics....no idea (1956)

[dorkzilla]

4. Omg are those PINEAPPLE tomatoes in the first frame??

Either way...I'm salivating...

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. Same color - they are Lucky Cross (a variety I stabilized and named from a bee made cross)

It is an offspring of Brandywine X (Old German X Tigerella) - lots of good genes to work with. Think Pineapple color with Brandywine flavor!

http://www.victoryseeds.com/tomato_lucky-cross.html

[dorkzilla]

12. It sounds amazing...

Can you email me some?

I forgot to start my tomato plants this year, so it's the farmers market for me. I'm jealous. Nothing I live to eat more than fresh, homegrown tomatoes.

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. Sure - DU mail me your mailing address

I will send you some seeds (may take a bit - up to my eyeballs in stuff right now...plus can't get to my seeds - home improvements in progress!)

[dorkzilla]

19. Oh that's so incredibly kind of you!

I was kidding about the email

But you have your hands full, maybe I'll poke you next winter for some.it was so nice of you to offer.

[pnwmom]

3. My parents loved that Pope. But they've never felt that way about another one.

Too early to tell with Francis.

[Cleita]

5. One of the Pius's. I can't remember the number.

[Tx4obama]

6. John XXIII. A LIST of Popes below for the folks that aren't sure

List of Popes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes#16th.E2.80.9320th_centuries

[KamaAina]

10. Paul VI

Meh.

[southernyankeebelle]

17. Pope John XII. I don't remember him but I remember the little fat pope John in 1963.

We were in Italy at the time and the whole country was in mourning. All the businesses were closed. I remember the day of the funeral everyone crying. We couldn't go do anything and not even watch tv. I'd never seen anything like it. But I remember how we all loved him. He was really a pope for the people.

[dorkzilla]

8. Pope Purry

I dug that cat.

[lpbk2713]

9. Pope Skippy VII

I could be mistaken about that

[MNBrewer]

11. No clue

[Blackford]

13. Same Pope as when you were born. Link to list of popes in body

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

[olddots]

15. Pope Irving the Accountant

[11 Bravo]

16. Pius XII, but the one I remember best is John XXIII (and I'm not even Catholic, so ...

I have no idea why I remember either of them!)

[RebelOne]

18. I have no idea. My parents were not Catholic, and my father was an atheist, as I am. n/t

[Ptah]

20. Pope Pius XII

[SteveG]

57. yup, that's the one

but we couldn't have cared less, since were were Episcopalians

[Pretzel_Warrior]

21. I have no idea. But his name probably had Paul or John in it somewhere.

[Blackford]

22. BTW, John XXIII May not have been Pope when I was baptised.

He died nine days after I was born.

Ther may not have been a Pope on the day I was baptised. Not sure, will have to go back and check.

[Scurrilous]

23. Got me. The mass was still in Latin though..

That meant Latin (Altar Boy) lessons every Saturday.

So five days of Catholic school + Latin lessons Saturday + church on Sunday = every freakin' day of the week at that @#$% place.

"Ad deum qui laetificat juventutum meum" Still got it!

[MrScorpio]

25. Caveat Emptor...

Tempus Fugit!

[HockeyMom]

24. I don't remember

I don't even remember who was Pope when I was in Catholic school. Read between the lines of that.

[Deep13]

26. I don't know. I'm not Catholic so it has never mattered to me. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Pius XII

[Warpy]

32. Same here, enabler of Mussolini and Hitler.

I'd already decided it was a bunch of hooey, so when he died and people around me were in tears, I felt absolutely nothing.

[lamp_shade]

28. Pius XII. n/t

[mitchtv]

33. same here

nazi enabler

[Fla Dem]

50. Yes, me too. n/t

[hrmjustin]

29. I was born about the same hour John Paul the first died.

[LeftInTX]

35. That is kinda surreal.....

A WTF moment for most of the world, is a day of joy for your parents!

[hrmjustin]

42. Yep!

[tkmorris]

30. About as relevant to me as who was mayor of Walla Walla

IOW, not at all. I'm curious though, what inspired the thread?

[MrScorpio]

31. This:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3234240

[JJ-jr]

34. Hell I don't know

I try to stay out of that whole "religion" thing

[TeamPooka]

60. welcome to DU!

[Callmecrazy]

36. Edgar Allen Pope

"Nevermore" never mind.

[jberryhill]

37. St. Peter

[tularetom]

38. Pius XII whoever the hell he was

I wouldn't have known it but I just looked it up.

He became pope 2 yrs before I was born

[valerief]

39. Dunno. I'll bet it was some Eyetaliano, though. nt

[hobbit709]

40. My great-great grandfather was officially excommunicated back in the 1880s

since then on that side of the family no one gave a shit.

[LeftInTX]

41. Pius XXII

Interesting question BTW.

I always thought it was John XXIII, so I learned something new today. When I think of Pius I don't think of the 1950s. However, Pius was pope from 1939-1958.

My family isn't Catholic. But I certainly remember Vatican II!

[HipChick]

43. It was an old fart..

don't remember which one though

[Lugnut]

44. Pope Pius XII n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

45. John the 23rd, I was born on the 23rd of the month, and named John

Plus John F. Kennedy was in office... and yes my middle initial is F. (but not for Fitzgerald)


I guess originality just wasn't my parents strong suit.

[GeorgeGist]

46. Joan ...

[byeya]

47. Pope Pius XII

Pope John 23rd let RCers go into Prottie churches and other ecumenical things. Also, the mass became celebrated in the local language.

[ret5hd]

48. some white guy.

[1-Old-Man]

49. The first one I remember was Pius XII

But I don't know what year he became Pope so it may have been someone earlier.

[Blue_In_AK]

51. Who gives a care?

I was born a Quaker. We didn't care about popes.


Ed. Okay, Pius XII, according to that list linked above.

[zappaman]

52. Beats the fuck outta me.

I would goggle if I gave a shit, but I googled something cooler instead.

[tblue]

53. Let me check

my pizza!

vimeo.com/59509411

p.s. I have no idea. Never thought about it.

[leeroysphitz]

54. I don't know but I bet he was shitting in the woods. n/t

[bluedigger]

55. John XXIII

Is this part of some data mining scam?

[Rhiannon12866]

56. Same for me, also remember when he died

I was just a little kid, but I remember my babysitter left me a note letting me know how he was doing after she watched the late news. I must have felt bad about it.

My parents once went to a mass celebrated by Pope Paul. My family claimed not to care, but they obviously did.

[socialist_n_TN]

58. Pius XII when I was born, but....

the one I remember was John XXIII. I wasn't Catholic, so it took a few years of living in a mostly Catholic city to realize that the Pope was important to a lot of people.

[NoPasaran]

59. Pius XII

The first one I remember was John XXIII, one of the better Popes it would seem.