[Alex Murphy]

....proponents of the story point out that papal records are almost non-existent in the 10th and 11th centuries and that even male popes are barely documented.

They point to one particularly extraordinary artefact as evidence that she existed – a wooden chair with a hole in the seat which, it is claimed, was used for 600 years to establish the gender of would-be popes in the wake of the Pope Joan scandal.

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[Alex Murphy]

They point to one particularly extraordinary artefact as evidence that she existed – a wooden chair with a hole in the seat which, it is claimed, was used for 600 years to establish the gender of would-be popes in the wake of the Pope Joan scandal.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Papal candidates were supposedly made to sit on the 'sella stercoraria', which is today owned by the Vatican Museums, while a deacon prodded their genitalia from underneath to make sure of their manhood.

Yikes!!!

[vladimir998]

“Pope Joan” never existed and there is no evidence whatsoever that she did.

There are no bona fide documents from her - not a single one.

There are no contempory documents which attest to her.

There are no witnesses to her - not a single one.

Only liberals and bigots believe in the story.

[Titanites]

What’s not a myth is the current practice of ordaining women, on purpose. But it’s not the Catholics who do this but rather the Protestants. You won’t see a sensationalized movie about it though.

[Cheverus]

I remember some years ago while I was working at the Archdiocese of Boston my boss (the Cabinet Secretary for Institutional Advancement) trying to convince an intern than “Pope Joan” existed.

I complained to Bishop Richard “Tricky Dick” Lennon’s office about what he was doing and was ignored......