American who owns BenedictXVI.com wants "one of those hats"
{{date|April 23, 2005}}

Rogers Cadenhead, the [[w:United States|American]] owner of BenedictXVI.com, has made a few requests in his blog. Mr. Cadenhead registered the valuable domain on April 1 along with ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXIII.com; all in anticipation of the recent [[w:Papal conclave 2005|Papal conclave 2005]]. 

After [[w:Cardinal Ratzinger|Cardinal Ratzinger's]] election as [[w:Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]], international media swooped on the domain speculating that it may be owned by a pornographer or casino company. However amid the wild speculation, Mr. Cadenhead dismissed these and promised not to sell the domain to any such enterprises.

However today in a humorous manner the prolific computer guide writer posted on his blog a few requests, namely:

# Three days, two nights at the Vatican hotel they built for the conclave
# [[w:Mitre|One of those hats]]
# Complete absolution, no questions asked, for the third week of March 1987
# A back-cover blurb from the Pope for the next edition of Movable Type 3 Bible Desktop Edition. But only if he uses the book to create his own weblog, and
# World peace.

However he was keen to stress that the requests are not demands and the whole thing was written in a witty humorous manner.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/entry/2005/04/20#2553| title=Habemus Domini! | author=Rogers Cadenhead |pub=Cadenhead.org|date=April 23, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3148228| title='Domain hoarder' registers pope address | author= |pub=Houston Chronicle|date=April 22, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050422/NEWS06/504220496| title=BenedictXVI.com won't get you pope | author=David McGuire |pub=Indystar.com|date=April 22, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1350156.htm| title=
BenedictXVI.com owner vows no porn or gambling | author= |pub=ABC Online|date=April 20, 2005}}

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Rogers Cadenhead, the American owner of BenedictXVI.com, has made a few requests in his blog. Mr. Cadenhead registered the valuable domain on April 1 along with ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXIII.com; all in anticipation of the recent Papal conclave 2005. 

After Cardinal Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI, international media swooped on the domain speculating that it may be owned by a pornographer or casino company. However amid the wild speculation, Mr. Cadenhead dismissed these and promised not to sell the domain to any such enterprises.

However today in a humorous manner the prolific computer guide writer posted on his blog a few requests, namely:

# Three days, two nights at the Vatican hotel they built for the conclave
# One of those hats
# Complete absolution, no questions asked, for the third week of March 1987
# A back-cover blurb from the Pope for the next edition of Movable Type 3 Bible Desktop Edition. But only if he uses the book to create his own weblog, and
# World peace.

However he was keen to stress that the requests are not demands and the whole thing was written in a witty humorous manner.
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