'Domain hoarder' registers pope address
FORT WORTH — A self-described "domain hoarder" who used to live in Texas says he will be cautious with the pope-related Web address he registered earlier this month.
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Rogers Cadenhead, a former Fort Worth newspaper reporter who now lives in St. Augustine, Fla., registered BenedictXVI.com well before the new pope's name was announced.
"I'm going to try and avoid angering 1.1 billion Catholics and my grandmother," Cadenhead said.
Cadenhead, a Catholic, said he registered eight possible names last month. Having the right domain name can prove lucrative. Friday morning, bidding on eBay for a similar name, "PopeBenedictXVI.com," had surpassed $16,000.
But Cadenhead apparently isn't asking for money. On his personal Web site, Cadenhead wrote that in exchange for the domain name, he would ask the Vatican for "one of those hats," a free stay at the Vatican hotel and "complete absolution, no questions asked, for the third week of March 1987."
Some among the hundreds who have e-mailed him in recent days are concerned that he might sell the domain name to a company that creates adult Web sites. He said he wouldn't do that.
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.