and you wonder why i don't go to church!
>> Papal bull <<
It's not just the ring that gets kissed
The Vatican is still annoyed about Pope Joan, the female pope who passed herself off as a man, only to be rumbled and put to death when she gave birth to the son of a fellow Cardinal in her accession procession.
To prevent any repetition, the candidate chosen as the new Pontiff has to sit naked on a special marble throne in the Vatican. The Cardinals assemble in a room below the throne, and look up through a hole to check that all is as it should be.
Once satisfied with the Holy Nutsack, they then incant in Latin, "he has testicles and they hang well'.
(from PopBitch)