Posted on 5/12/2006, 2:30:59 PM by NYer
In a new, um, something (low? high?)... for the Italian obsession with Msgr Georg Ganswein, the Pope's private secretary, Chi, the magazine of Corriere della Sera, has been granted unprecedented access to the 49 year-old secretary's life, both behind the scenes and in an interview.
The piece is called "The Hidden Face of Don Georg." While I haven't seen it in full, I'm told the magazine's editor, Maria Agnese, said that she gave it the cover page as she thinks Ganswein "divinely handsome."
Remember, this is Italy.... Where these things happen all the time.
Silly. Though I understand that both John Paul II and the current Pope have quietly encouraged priests and religiou to keep in shape, on the theory that it just looks ridiculous for obese priests to lecture their flocks on self-denial and self-sacrifice.
I am going to refrain from making a comment so as not to incur the wrath of the.... well you know who they are.
At least Msgr is looking after his health.
Or as he would have been known when I was a girl in Catholic school...."Fr. What-a-Waste"
What a coinky-dinkle. That's what the Italian media calls him.
What a lovely...erm...vista! ;)
I have seen him in person, actually...he was maybe 5 feet from me in the popemobile. Pictures don't do justice.
Thankfully, you're a woman :)
Does nada for me. Maybe I've been married to a German for too long ... not that there's anything wrong with that, or anything.
LOLOL! I think I might need to go to Confession after this.
I'd hit heavy slice
to his forehand. With that grip
he can't get down low . . .
As Babe Didrikson, she met and married a Greek wrestler named George Zaharias. He is reputed to have been as handsome as a Greek God.
After awhile, old George fell out of shape. After he had fallen out of shape, a reporter asked Babe how her marriage was going...
"Well, I married a Greek God but now I am just married to a G.D. Greek"
LOL! I've always admired Babe. I read a biography of her when I was in elementary school, and it stuck with me. She had a lot of gumption!
I suppose what I meant is that I don't feel any sparks over a good looking, fit, 40-something German guy, because I'm married to one. (Actually, my FReepless spouse, Der Prinz auf Nerdz, is better looking than Father Whatsis.)
People just have different tastes ... my heart goes pitter-pat for Dick Cheney!
My goodness, that doesn't seem to have come out quite right, either! I think it's time to find something to do in the kitchen.
*Well, at least one of you has a healthy heart
LOL!
There is that.
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