Sunday, November 13, 2005

Poor choice of words department

I think something got changed in the translation here
(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.”

Not quite as good as some of the Chinese technical manuals I’ve seen, but ranking right up there. I have a feeling John Pail II would have gotten a good chuckle out of this one.

(Came across this during a break in an on-call support call Sunday mornng. Have a feeling I won't be making it to church this morning. Thanks to Amy Wellborn.)