TIL Pope Leo XIII awarded a Vatican gold medal to the creator of his favourite brand of cocaine-infused wine and also appeared on a poster endorsing it.

Blaze@dormi.zone · 8 months ago

ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

I’m here to serve the body of Christ and drink cocaine infused wine, and I’m all out of the body of Christ.

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

Dope Leo XIII… amirite?

n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

well, now “Poison pills : the untold story of the Vioxx drug scandal” is going in my library book queue

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Queen Victoria was also a fan, had at least one Marianis Wine glass a day for decades.

Jimbabwe@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Hell yeah I wanna subscribe to more #Popenanigans

Optional@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Hi I’m the pope and I’d like a cocaine-infused wine drink please.

ID? Uhh . . . yeah . . hang on

loics2@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

My Name is Andong made this video on the subject recently. Crazy story

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 8 months ago

Wait till you learn how he for the money to pay for his drugs

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-2 8 months ago

This is the sort of based trad catholicism that online conservatives won’t tell you about 🔥🔥🔥

heeplr@feddit.de · edit-2 8 months ago

That was also the time where some classic tunes were created…

maculata@aussie.zone · 8 months ago

Was he, rather than Burlusconi, the inventor of ‘bunga bunga’ parties?