# The 2025 Papal Conclave **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 5, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913 "2025-05-05T17:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/381 "2026-05-13T22:08:46Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > So IF Charles did say that, it presumably implied a bit of gentle self-banter and also affection for his horse Ahh. German, the language of love! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/382 "2026-05-13T23:03:31Z")
_Macht schnell!_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/383 "2026-05-18T19:05:32Z")
“German isn’t a language, it’s a throat disease.” - Anon. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/384 "2026-05-20T02:33:05Z")
Danish is the throat disease, not German, largely because of _stød_ (glottalization). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/385 "2026-05-20T13:25:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “German isn’t a language, it’s a throat disease.” - Anon. Now I’m imagining RFK Jr speaking German. 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/386 "2026-05-20T13:35:54Z")
What does he say? “Ich bin _auch_ ein Berliner”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/387 "2026-05-20T13:49:22Z")
“Semmelweiß war ein Betrug” (“Semmelweiss was a fraud.”) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/388 "2026-05-20T14:02:25Z")
Yeah, that would be in character. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/389 "2026-05-20T15:50:23Z")
**[Wienerschnitzelsauerkrautstonk!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0R_EqW8Mu8)** ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/390 "2026-05-20T16:07:08Z")
Thanks, I needed the laugh, and the reminder of how fascists of all times can be made fun of. It’s a pure genius scene. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/391 "2026-05-30T06:59:24Z")
Da Pope has issued his first encyclical, on the topic of human personhood and AI. > **[Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html)** > > ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE \[Multimedia \] \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Not Catholic, but it sounds like an interesting topic, and I’m going to have to give it a read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913.md?page=19)