[Mrs. Don-o]

Hoax history: it started out as an unverified, unattributed e-mail. It was picked up by the website of the Diocese of Surrey, England, without author, source or documentation.

http://tinyurl.com/Damian-Thompson-Pope-Francis

Then Damian Thompson of the Telegraph, published it in his column with explicit cautions that it had not been verified; then, in updates, Thompson himself concluded it was a hoax.

Then the Diocese of Surrey took it off their website.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/matthews.asp

Finally, Snopes.com found it to be a fake. Fun, but fabricated.

[Portcall24]

Thanks. Attention to detail is important and I give myself a failing grade on this one.

[CaptainK]

I wish it was true.