• Riskable@programming.dev
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      1 day ago

      The special white cap is a receiver. Sometimes, though, he needs to don a much larger hat in order to get better reception.

      When the Pope tilts his head while wearing the Mitre (the big one), it acts like a directional yagi antenna. This is also why churches use “sacred geometry”; which is really just a clever method of improving reception of divine wideband.

      The (real) gold thread on his hat isn’t just to make it look fancy, it’s sophisticated circuitry! When the Pope tilts his head in prayer, he’s actually calibrating the tilt sensor to minimize packet loss.

      • ZombieChicken@reddthat.com
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        15 hours ago

        Only in matters of faith and morals, only when speaking “ex cathedra”, and only when defining a matter for the whole Church. If the Pope says the sky is greeen one day, Catholics everywhere should start asking when the Pope last took his meds, and not claiming that the sky is green.

        To my knowledge, these conditions have only been met a few times in Church history.

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
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      A closed group of people that have absolutely no connection to the original religion deemed it so.