Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Today a new Pope was announced. Much to the world's relief it was not me. To be honest, yesterday's black smoke resulted from me turning down the offer via telephone.

The CC (Cardinal's College) refused my demand to reimage Rome back to the days of the 1st Empire. *sigh*

I suppose they disagreed with having pictures of Napoleon 1er everywhere. Although, it may have been my insistence that nuns begin dressing in the lastest ladies' styles of the 1st Emipre! [:p]
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Politically Correct Disclaimer: This post is meant to be in jest only, and a humorous attempt to comment on current world events. (i.e. posting this message instead of "Hey I see they elected a new Pope.") [:D]

Colonel (ret) Al Amos
1er Dragoons
AdN

Honest folks. I did everything I could do to try and get Al to accept the offer.

Even allow him to hang a picture of his favorite general in his new Papal office.

Ronald MacDonald![:D]

But Al turned us down so we gave the job to .... DIERK!!!

A German pope.

Trivia time. When was the last time a Pope came from Germany?

Oberst Wilhelm Peters
2nd Kuirassiers, Reserve Korps, Austrian Army

it was just over 1000 years ago.

Ensign Eric Karcher
3rd Line KGL, 1st Brigade KGL/4th Division /2nd. Corps

Wow! Germany gets to put in the first pope since before the Reformation!

And right around the time of the Battle of Hastings.

And here I thought that Bismarck was a pope!

(no silly, he's the capital of North Dakota!)

Oberst Wilhelm Peters
2nd Kuirassiers, Reserve Korps, Austrian Army

The German press is actually advertising him as the first German pope since Hadrian VI (1522-23). However, Hadrian was actually from the Spanish Netherlands. Then there is Stephan IX (1057-58), but he was from Lorraine, nowadays France. Both, thus, were from the Holy Roman Empire, but I wouldn't count them as German in any sense of the word. Which brings us to Victor II (1055-57), who was from Eichstaett in Bavaria (just outside the Eckmuhl map, I'd want to add). I think he was truly the last German pope before Benedict XVI. Which makes it 948 years. [:)]

Général de Division D.S. "Green Horse" Walter
Baron d'Empire, Duc des Pyramides
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3ème Division[/url], VIème Corps Bavarois, L'Armée du Rhin
Brigade de Tirailleurs de la Jeune Garde

And, coincidently, the new Pope is also from Bavaria!

<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
GdB,1er Brig,1eme Div,VI Corps,AdR
President, Colonial Campaign Club
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<font color="pink">I see no reason for surprise that the Pope would be Bavarian. Damn it, you should all be Bavarians, say I! I guess that rather makes me "next to Godliness", eh? </font id="pink">[8D]

General Barrett,
Duc de Ligny, Comte de Brienne,
Commander, VI (Bavarian) Corps, Army of the Rhine,
and
la 1er Compagnie d'Artillerie de la Vieille Garde