Domain Buyer Not Sure What to do With BenedictXVI.com

A Florida technical writer bought a series of Pope-related domain names three weeks ago including ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXII.com and hit the jackpot with BenedictXVI.com.

However, the buyer, named Rogers Cadenhead, has yet to decide what to do with it. He has wisely stated that "The decision would be guided by the idea not to piss off 1.1 billion [Roman Catholics]."

The papal domain is already getting 100 hits a minute, according to the news website Wired and bought in the princely sum of $12 from Google ads on his blog. As expected, some complaints have been received from people unhappy about his cyber sinning.

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