+3 to hit vs. Popes, Cardinals, and Bishops. On hit, Popes who are alive but playing dead must save vs. Fortitude or die.

It's a silver hammer, so it could also check if the Pope is a werewolf.

Hit him once. If he is silent, hit him again. If he is silent again, hit him again. If he remains silent, he is dead.

Hit him once. If he shouts, you've got two more swings to make him stop.

The hammer is actually a 100lb two handed weapon

Bang bang Vatican's gilded hammer came down on his head
do do dooo do
Bang bang Vatican's gilded hammer made sure that he was dead
whoa-o whoa-o whoa-o whoa-o

my favourite fact is that “factoid” doesn’t mean “little fact” but is actually starting to mean that

"One" hit

"Two" hit Pope: "Ouch!"

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"What do we do now?" "Just hit harder, it's a self-solving problem"

Is it to make sure, or is it to make sure?

It was in a book of papal facts my very Catholic childhood friend had on the bus one time, so I buy it. One additional aspect I remember is that they call them by their Christian/given name when they hit them.

Snopes says unproven and the Vatican claims is a myth.

+5 damage and THAC0 against undead (Pope)

Popehammer is my favorite Elder Scrolls artifact.

I have one of these on my coffee table that’s decoration. Found it just laying in some room when I visited the Vatican in the 90s. Weird.

Equipped creature has +1/+1. Sacrifice to destroy target artifact or enchanment.

What about the holy hand grenade?

Well you have to be sure. I wonder where they keep the Pope hammer in between deaths

I bought one of those at Harbor Freight for like ¼ the price the Vatican probably paid.

This is false! Everybody knows that they smother the pope's face with a huge hoe's ass to confirm his death.

Pope Says he's feeling better now...

The ancient custom of throwing the body into the Tiber river is too unrefined for these modern times

I prefer the Holy Ball-Peen.

Jesus allegedly came back, they aren't taking those kinds of risks these days

Live your life such that they have to verify your death

Which side do they hit him with?

Clearly an anti zombie tool. Can't have the pope rising from the dead, it'd mess up the church's image.

The papal tappy taps