News of the "Not-So-Curious" Curia

Finally bowing to public opinion, and a not too subtle form of coercion by Felix Culpa, the Vatican has set up a committee
to investigate the life and character of Sybian of Sybaris, to see if she might qualify for beatification, a step along the road to sainthood, and have requested a copy of Milo’s Biographical Notes on Sybian (last posting.)



They have appointed Fr. Ted Chambers and Fr. Bruce Foster, American-born doctoral candidates at the North American College in Rome to do the initial paperwork, and report to Giovanni Cardinal Testadura and his brother, Guiseppe Cardinal Testadura (below)



The Testadura brothers have been successful in the past in tabling, and eventually losing in the paper shuffle, other populist initiatives. But rumors in the robe rooms of the Vatican have the Testaduras envisioning a “tag-team” papacy not too far down the line, and might like to ride a popular issue to the throne. If you wish to communicate directly with the Cardinals, correspondence can be sent to “The Pontifical Council on the Causes of Saints, Vatican City.”

Followers of St. Sybian have an ally in the Vatican--- a nun, a member of the order of Passionate Sisters of St Paul of the Cross, who operates in a clerical function. She has been a devotee of St. Sybian and a close friend of Maxine and Mia from before she took her vows. She is so close to the operations of the Church her codename is “Madame Curia.”





“Madame Curia” has been organizing covert devotional ceremonies, such as the one pictured above, to the veneration of Sybian and emphasizing the more physical aspects of the Creator’s gifts to his children. (One participant told me, half in jest, “Let’s just say the wine is considerably better.” )