Is it true that medieval popes had to sit on a chair with a hole in the seat, whilst cardinals looked or felt to check his masculinity? - Quora
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The pope's 'ugly' chair row is pathetic: what matters is what he says, not where he sits | Jonathan Jones | The Guardian
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Pope Francis allows girl with autism to run around stage undisturbed at weekly audience | America Magazine
![Twitter 上的Justin Carroll:"The Resurrection, sculpture by Pericle Fazzini (1965). It towers behind the Pope's chair at the Hall of Pontifical Audiences in Vatican City. Overwhelming, powerful, ominous. https://t.co/abjagTXs2N" / Twitter Twitter 上的Justin Carroll:"The Resurrection, sculpture by Pericle Fazzini (1965). It towers behind the Pope's chair at the Hall of Pontifical Audiences in Vatican City. Overwhelming, powerful, ominous. https://t.co/abjagTXs2N" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8T2rrWVUAEETF7.jpg)
Twitter 上的Justin Carroll:"The Resurrection, sculpture by Pericle Fazzini (1965). It towers behind the Pope's chair at the Hall of Pontifical Audiences in Vatican City. Overwhelming, powerful, ominous. https://t.co/abjagTXs2N" / Twitter
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