Does the Catholic Church have had a pope?

In the history of the church mentions the existence of the pope , is actually a woman would have assumed the throne of Peter ? Supposedly John would come to the Vatican and the Cardinals were fooled with knowing that John had and for some trickery could ascend the throne , but beneath the papal bulky clothes there was a woman which was hidden and no one suspected coup , until one day procession , supposedly a narrow street to the Coliseum the church of St. Clement , the pope had given birth before all accompanying path . It was customary at that time the popes are carried in a litter , and worthy of the sovereign , suffering the pains of childbirth could not contain birth to which all were amazed , a wing of more conservative cardinals knelt before the event and exclaimed : " Miracle " .

The most widely accepted belief is that Joan would have died of complications during childbirth and became pregnant a suisso guard, another version was that the faithful tied to a horse and stoned him to death.

After this fact , it was decided that future elected to the papal throne would have to pass a test , which the chamberlain had a terrible function to enter a vase beneath the robes of the candidate and then by hand , if by chance the hand the camerlegno fills up , then was approved and if the hand sink , the candidate was literally unable to take the throne of Peter.

 by William Campelo