# Can the Pope bless the ocean ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-pope-bless-the-ocean/537329 "2010-04-25T20:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-pope-bless-the-ocean/537329/41 "2010-04-30T23:03:38Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > 4.4 > You tell me how we are handling the fractions. > > (Indian Ocean about 70 cubic miles out of 310 from the total, as per wiki) Oh, it’s not that trivial! Say Pope Henry VIII blessed the IO today. The blessed water was allowed to redistribute into the other oceans for time T. Then either Henry VIII or IX re-blessed the IO. What is the optimum T and minimum number of IO blessings (B) required to bless all the ocean water? How many Henrys (H) would B require? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-pope-bless-the-ocean/537329/42 "2010-05-01T01:26:12Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Oh, it’s not that trivial! Say Pope Henry VIII blessed the IO today. The blessed water was allowed to redistribute into the other oceans for time T. Then either Henry VIII or IX re-blessed the IO. What is the optimum T and minimum number of IO blessings (B) required to bless all the ocean water? How many Henrys (H) would B require? As someone astutely pointed out before. It is like trying to charge a grounded circuit. How long does a surface water molecule take to fall to the bottom where it is disposed of and no longer holy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-pope-bless-the-ocean/537329.md?page=2)