alt Hacker NewsI doubt it, there is a much simpler explanation: virtually all English-speaking Catholics dig Tolkien.
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zimpenfish • today at 8:58 PM
I had a look and yeah, Popes quoting Tolkien does seem to be a thing, at least in the last couple of decades.
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Lewis and Tolkien hanging out at pubs in Oxford remains the apex of nerdy Christian geekery.