Cardinal Ratzinger's choice of the name Benedict XVI made one Internet site owner very happy. (Lateline)
A US man who registered the Internet name BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen says he has not worked out what to do with it but is pretty sure it would be a sin to sell it to a pornographer.
Florida resident Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as the author of several technology books, says he registered six domain names this month, based on names he thought the next pope might pick.
"I think I was the second-most excited person on the planet when they announced the name," he said.
Mr Cadenhead says the euphoria quickly faded as his Web server started to buckle under the weight of an estimated 1,000 hits a minute.
As well as Benedict XVI - the name chosen by German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on his election - Mr Cadenhead registered ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXIII.com.
An attempt to visit BenedictXVI.com redirects the reader to Mr Cadenhead's own website, on which he rejects the suggestion that he might be planning to cash in by selling the site to pornographers since they would be willing to pay most for it.
"Whatever I decide, it's going to be guided by a desire not to anger 1.1 billion Catholics," Mr Cadenhead said.
'Not lapsed that far'
He says he has already rejected an offer from a gambling site.
"Even though I'm a lapsed Catholic, I'm not lapsed that far."
He says he is considering his options for the site but if the Pope's people were to approach him to discuss taking over the site, he might make some requests.
"I'd like one of those big papal hats and maybe three days/two nights at the Vatican hotel they built for the conclave," he said.
Mr Cadenhead says he has already recouped his modest $US72 investment in the six papal domain names with $US77 in advertising revenue over the past 24 hours.
The Vatican has its own Internet domain name country code but the address BenedictXVI.va does not exist.
However, a number of other variations of the new Pope's name have been snapped up.
-Reuters
Rogers Cadenhead, the American owner of BenedictXVI.com, has made a few requests in his blog. Mr. Cadenhead registered the valuable domain on April 1 along with ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXIII.com; all in anticipation of the recent Papal conclave 2005. 

After Cardinal Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI, international media swooped on the domain speculating that it may be owned by a pornographer or casino company. However amid the wild speculation, Mr. Cadenhead dismissed these and promised not to sell the domain to any such enterprises.

However today in a humorous manner the prolific computer guide writer posted on his blog a few requests, namely:

# Three days, two nights at the Vatican hotel they built for the conclave
# One of those hats
# Complete absolution, no questions asked, for the third week of March 1987
# A back-cover blurb from the Pope for the next edition of Movable Type 3 Bible Desktop Edition. But only if he uses the book to create his own weblog, and
# World peace.

However he was keen to stress that the requests are not demands and the whole thing was written in a witty humorous manner.