Pope Nudist XVI

I don't have a top-five breakdown or anything, but of all the people in this world that I'd like to see nude, you can bet that Pope Benedict XVI would not be on the short-list. Or the long-list. Or the list that stretches out to infinity.

Good thing he doesn't live in his hometown anymore! I saw this in the moderate Catholic magazine U.S. Catholic yesterday, and sure enough, I found some stuff on the web about it. Turns out that PB XVI's hometown in Germany, Marktl am Inn, is a big haven for nudists! Hmm, you'd think it would be too cold for nudists there.

But apparently not. According to reports...

"The Schuetzing Valley near Marktl am Inn where Pope Benedict XVI was born, has become a popular spot for visitors since Josef Ratzinger was elected to the Papacy.

But Catholics have been stumbling on more than the cobblestones lining the streets of the quaint market town after the valley became popular with extrovert nudists.

On one nudist Web site a fan writes: 'The Schuetzing Valley is really happening in the summertime. Lots of nudist areas with great orgies. There's something for everyone.'"

You know, is there really such a thing as an introverted nudist? Perhaps a question for the Socrates' and Plato's of today's world. I'll leave you with the best paragraph from this report:

"Police spokesman Franz Sommerauer admitted that the paths of the pilgrims and the nudists have crossed a few times recently, with Catholics out for a ramble bumping into couples making love on the forest floor."