Thai Cardinal

[ncr]

Originally Posted by GWR

Cardinal Ratsinger has already been chosen. I'm sure there's a pun there somewhere

His name is written with a 'z' (not rat singer....)

[GWR]

Originally Posted by ncr

His name is written with a 'z' (not rat singer....)

Yes, I didn't bother to look it up. And is he Pope Benedict or Pope Benedictus?

[Ahoerstemeier]

Originally Posted by GWR

Yes, I didn't bother to look it up. And is he Pope Benedict or Pope Benedictus?

Benedict is the English spelling, Benedictus the Latin. As Latin is still the official language in Vatican Benedictus is more correct

BTW: Nice to see you liked the Wikipedia articles about the Catholic church in Thailand - it was me who wrote almost all of those (sadly rather short) articles.