TIL Pope Leo XIII awarded a Vatican gold medal to the creator of his favourite brand of cocaine-infused wine and also appeared on a poster endorsing it.

I'm here to serve the body of Christ and drink cocaine infused wine, and I'm all out of the body of Christ.

Dope Leo XIII... amirite?

well, now "Poison pills : the untold story of the Vioxx drug scandal" is going in my library book queue

Queen Victoria was also a fan, had at least one Marianis Wine glass a day for decades.

Hi I'm the pope and I'd like a cocaine-infused wine drink please.

ID? Uhh . . . yeah . . hang on

Hell yeah I wanna subscribe to more #Popenanigans

My Name is Andong made this video on the subject recently. Crazy story

Wait till you learn how he for the money to pay for his drugs

That was also the time where some classic tunes were created...

This is the sort of based trad catholicism that online conservatives won't tell you about 🔥🔥🔥

Was he, rather than Burlusconi, the inventor of ‘bunga bunga’ parties?