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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII#Pontificate

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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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 · 7 pts · 2y

Greg@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y

Dope Leo XIII... amirite?

n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y

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

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

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

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

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

ID? Uhh . . . yeah . . hang on

Jimbabwe@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Hell yeah I wanna subscribe to more #Popenanigans

loics2@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y

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

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 4 pts · 2y

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

heeplr@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y

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

maculata@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

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

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

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