Prurience And The Pope
June, 1981
Pope John Paul II, having made the papers with his many pronouncements regarding sex, apparently has struck fear in the heart of Professor Joe Frantz, a prominent historian from the University of Texas who found himself in Rome at the very moment the Pope came down heavily on lust. Concern for his own safety behind enemy lines inspired him to submit the following report.Here I am in Rome, land of the Saturnalia. For 3000 years, men here have devoted themselves to sexual pleasure, mirroring the t...
