Bet you didn't know the Church had black nobility. Do you know the difference between the white and the black nobility? Not many good Catholics can anymore. AND certainly not many on this side of the pond. For most Americans the idea of nobility is foolish. Especially given our history of rejecting the monarchy. American interest in things monarchical is kept to a quiet interest in Britain's queen and perhaps to one or two other royal personages of northern Europe. And if you watch 60 Minutes you'd be familiar with the Sultan in Bahrain.Few would recall the "nobility" of Italy these days much less nobility of the Holy See. A few years ago the Bachelor show featured a "prince" looking for a bride. In reality the guy wasn't a "real" prince but "royal" figure created by the papacy for the Borghese family, most of whom now live in the US, and some here in NY.
UK's Catholic Herald ran Edward Pentin's piece today, "The Black Nobility Still Serves St Peter," on the ancient, now past, noble servants of the pope.
Popery can be so much fun, fun, fun...
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