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Leo the Fourteenth
Your last paragraph alerts us that the pope has "no contractual hours, no salary."
Who decides what the pope does with his hours and when, where and with whom he does them?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
They are generally close to the Vatican, if not on its territory.
frankbeswick, on 05/24/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Are there Vatican properties -- such as where Pope Benedict retired -- few or many in number outside the Vatican?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2025
Trees Role in the Environment
How many trees abound minimally for animal-sentient, environmental, people, plant-sentient health?
A trend among certified arborists and in certified arboriculture accepts the 3-30-300 rule articulated by Cecil Konijnendijk of Nature Based ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2025
Norah's Cafe in Taubman Museum of Art: A Great Cup of Coffee Over Art in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia
Online sources a couple years ago addressed ambitious patrons who allocated an entire year to the seasonal and year-round menus available as Starbucks drinks and eats.
Norah's Cafe equivalently assumes an astronishing menu of appealing, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2025
Film Review of The Little Princess: Shirley Temple in Drama With Cesar Romero and Arthur Treacher
Shirley-Temple films can cause a consideration of a prequel, a remake, a sequel, a series.
Might such updates muster more accolades, interest and profits by maintaining the original biogeographical, cultural, temporal settings or by moving all ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2025
Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
The computer crashed afore I could convey the concluding components to my observation and question below.
Online sources designate as zoomusicology the musical communication and sounds among animal sentients.
What ancient culture first might ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2025
Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"
The computer crashed afore I could conclude the comment below.
Online sources deem as pomegranate alternatives, replacements and substitutes blackberries, cherries, cranberries, molasses, raspberries, red currants and strawberries.
The afore ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
I suppose that before the era of cars at leastsome popes@alked short distances
frankbeswick, on 05/23/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
It appeared with the Pope Francis papacy that online sources assumed as unusual Pope Benedict's successor abiding outside the apostolic palace.
Was Pope ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
The papacy is a seven day a week job. While the hostel is in walking distance of the apostolic palace, as Francis aged he began to use a car for the journey.
frankbeswick, on 05/23/2025
Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"
The last subheading, What the Socotran Pomegranate Tree is used for, always catches my consideration because of its concern over Socotran-pomegranate sustainability.
The three paragraphs deem Socotra islanders as deferring to their pomegranate ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/22/2025
Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
The section above the seventh image, Rock-haunters favor fragrant panicle of white flowers of Flagellaria indica: climbing plant is native to Australia and other subtropical and tropical regions of Australasia and Asia, causes me to consider ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/22/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your description of the apostolic palace as "where he [Pope Leo XIV] can both live and work" intrigues me.
Is it that Pope Francis commuted -- by car? on ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/22/2025
Leo the Fourteenth
A recent television report sai.d that he finds the guest house that Francis used too noisy, so he is planning to return to the apostolic palace, where he can both live and work
frankbeswick, on 05/22/2025