A very special birthday to a very special man — who until last year was the ‘man with no birthday‘.
I, of course, felt BAD for him. Everybody should have a birthday. So, I assigned him, ‘April 1’, a very special day for I, as his official birthday. NO, he was NOT gracious enough to thank me. {But, I did not expect it from him.}
Well, it appears that he, MIRACULOUSLY, discovered his Birth Certificate. He claims that it got erroneously filed — of all places — Hawaii. Yes, his birth certificate, he claims, was found in Hawaii. You go figure.
The Vatican had initially assumed that the birth certificate pegged his birthday as December 31, 1944.
Ooops! NO. Big Mistake. He is much, much, much youger.
His birth certificate supposedly says he was born December 31, 1954. He is still just a baby. Just 70 years old.
THIS is ALL I can post. SMILE. She is a very private person. I am NOT allowed to post pictures NOT explicitly approved by her. And, of course, I honor her wishes. That is what I do. SMILE.
Now that she has her own car, she went shopping for a cake ON HER OWN. First time she could do that. So, she picked this. It is over 5 lbs! She doesn’t plan to have anyone come around. She, as I said, tends to be very private. So basically this is for the 3 of us — & I try not to eat too much cake.
We are off to Ft. Williams (Maine) shortly — in her car, her driving &, of course, with HER DOG, ‘Rowen‘ (though Rowen thinks she is ‘my girl’). She has driven to Ft. Williams before (since getting her car last September), but this will be her first time driving there on HER BIRTHDAY. We have been going to Ft. Williams on her birthday since 2021 — when we first got Rowen. Dogs are allowed at the Park & that is why we go there. My 2nd time to Ft. Williams this year. It will be her third.
I have been told that he has recently informed the Vatican that he intends to use December 31, 2024, as his birthday.
Just As I Had Predicted.
He is gaming the system & he is compromising the integrity of the next conclave — IF it happens in 2024.
We all know that there was NO WAY — NO WAY — that is birthday just happened to be the last day of the year.
IF he was due a pension on turning 80, he, obviously a born grifter, would have claimed his birthday was January 1, 2024.
He is a disgrace.
He is NO ‘Mandela‘. He is NO ‘Tutu‘. He is an ‘Idi’. I will, from now, insist on calling him Idi.
He is NOT a gentleman. He is not an upright man. He is just a Catholic Cardinal — in the mold of the corrupt, wordly Renaissance Cardinals. I feel bad for some of his flock. But, they wouldn’t understand. They wouldn’t care.
Because of Cardinal Idi any 2024 Conclave can be deemed invalid. So any pope elected in a 2024 conclave could be classed an ANTIPOPE. Thanks to Cardinal Idi we could have a valid SCHISM in 2024.
Thanks Idi. I hope you feel very proud of yourself.
I will tell any & all of this to his face. I would love to have a dialog with him. Give me an e-mail. I will e-mail him pronto.
Click to ENLARGE. From one of my ‘magic’ papal excels.
The 2 keywords of note here are ‘recorded history‘. When it comes to papal birthdays, papal history only goes back to 1400. The birthdates of popes prior to 1400 are either unavailable or unreliable. Hence, any meaningful age-related claims as to popes have to be ‘as of 1400’. Don’t let anyone fool you into saying ‘oldest … pope‘. We just don’t know.
Francis became the 3rd OLDEST pope as of 1400 on December 30, 2023.
Francis could become the 2nd OLDEST KNOWN on Oct. 17, 2024.
So, to be fair, this 87th birthday, though a BIG deal, didn’t change his standings in the ‘noldest pope‘ stakes.
So, he has been 3rd oldest close to a year. He still has 11-months to go before the next HUGE milestone — and that is a tad out there in the future. If he makes it that would be quite the thing. Kind of WILD. I HOPE HE WILL. That will be a landmark for all of us to witness.
We have had 64 popes since 1400, & of those 64 Francis is the 3rd oldest.
Francis’ predecessor, who resigned in 2013, i.e., Benedict XVI, will remain in #5; John Paul II who was the previous will be at #8.
So, the last 3 popes will, respectively, hold the #3, #5 & #8 spots (as of 1400) — from among 64 popes.
IF Benedict XVI had not resigned, he, at 95, would have been the OLDEST pope as of 1400. That is a sobering thought.
Just two years ago Francis was at #7. He has been going up in the rankings fast.
But, given that he was elected quite old, i.e., 76.2 years (9th oldest since 1400 & 4th 76 old to be elected), his reign as pope is only 10.76 years. That is respectable but nowhere close to being a record.
He is currently #70 (out of 267).
So, not even halfway. So, he has a long ladder to climb to get up those rankings. 11 popes have reigned for 11-years!
Click to ENLARGE. From one of my ‘magic’ papal excels.
The 2 keywords of note here are ‘recorded history‘. When it comes to papal birthdays, papal history only goes back to 1400. The birthdates of popes prior to 1400 are either unavailable or unreliable. Hence, any meaningful age-related claims as to popes have to be ‘as of 1400’.
Francis became the 3rd OLDEST pope as of 1400 on December 30, 2023.
So, he has been 3rd oldest close to a year. He still has 11-months to go before he becomes the 2nd KNOWN OLDEST. That is quite the thing. Kind of WILD.
We have had 64 popes since 1400, & of those 64 Francis is the 3rd oldest.
Francis’ predecessor, who resigned in 2013, i.e., Benedict XVI, will remain in #5; John Paul II who was the previous will be at #8.
So, the last 3 popes will, respectively, hold the #3, #5 & #8 spots (as of 1400) — from among 64 popes.
IF Benedict XVI had not resigned, he, at 95, would have been the OLDEST pope as of 1400. That is a sobering thought.
Just two years ago Francis was at #7. He has been going up in the rankings fast.
This year. We brought the cheeseburgers home. It was close to 90F outside.
(Left) The day we got him in 2013. (Right) His FIRST birthday (2014) & he is having a McDonald’s cheeseburger.
This is now an entrenched yearly tradition for both dogs. We missed one year because of COVID. Both dogs know McDonald’s. I take them to the Alton McDonald’s outside of their birthdays too. We brought the cheeseburgers home because it was too hot to eat in the car park.
‘Braxton’, our ‘Harrier’ (who was supposed to be Beagle Mix), is a rescue that we got (from the deep South (transported up here in a bus)) on September 28, 2013. They did not know his birthday. He was supposed to be 11 or 12 weeks old. So, ‘July 20‘ was designated as his birthday. He seems to be ‘OK’ with that. I have not heard him complain.
Taking the dogs to McDonald’s for cheeseburgers on their birthdays is a family tradition now stretching back 16-years (maybe 17). When we lived in ‘Gilford‘ (N.H.) prior to that it used to be ice-cream cake. But, in ‘Alton’ there was a McDonald’s nearby & the tradition started. Braxton missed McDonald’s in 2020 because of COVID — but we were back in 2021. And today was McDonald’s again BUT we brought the 4 cheeseburgers home. It was too hot (& such oppressive) to feed them in the car park. They were quite literally cool to come home to the A/C & the burgers.
A very special birthday to a very special man — until this year, the ‘man with no birthday‘. Thank Francis, Trump & God that is now history. He finally has a birthday, a very very becoming one at that, April 1. This will also be his last birthday as a cardinal elector. Next year he will turn 80 on April 1, 2024 (Kenya time).
Happy Birthday Cardinal. Have a ball. You earned it.
I am in NO WAY saying that this is the earliest known birthday for a cardinal.
I am ONLY documenting this because I happened to, serendipitously, stumble upon it last night. I was NOT doing a systematic search. I was just PECKING around seeing what I may find. I started with those created in the 14th century because I KNEW the birthdate of one cardinal from that era, Dec. 31, 1378. That was a famous Spanish ‘Borja’ cardinal who went onto become ‘Callistus III‘ in 1455. I had a hunch that I would have better luck with French cardinals. He was the 2nd I happened to click on. SHEER chance. I haven’t looked any further.
There could be EARLIER birthdays. I do NOT know. I haven’t looked, I am NOT going to go looking. Don’t have the time.
So, this is just to serve as a marker in the sand. We have 1299. We are looking for earlier.
This topic as to the birthdays of cardinals came about because of my, just, annoyance that we, in 2023, have a cardinal without a DESIGNATED birthday. That is a disgrace. So here we have it. We know the birthday of a cardinal born in 1299, BUT we permit one born in 1944 to strut about, like a peacock, saying “I don’t have a birthday“. It is so stupid.
I do NOT buy it for a minute. It is just an AFFECTATION on his part. Shame on the Catholic Church for indulging him in his petty deception.
There is a CRUCIAL reason that he has to have a BIRTHDAY — particularly NOW!
He was born in 1944. Next year he turns 80, thus becoming a non-elector. When will that happen? December 31, 2024. Heck NO. That is NOT fair. That is NOT right.
Just tell us what is on his passport.
He couldn’t have got a passport without stating a birthdate. Not possible. IF he doesn’t know it he would be told to assume one.
Well, I am assigning one to him as of now: April 1, 1944.
He thinks he can continue to fool us. Well he can fool the ever gullible & feckless Catholic Church BUT I am not buying his nonsense. As far as I am concerned April 1 is the PERFECT birthday for him.
