Coming To America: Bush Falls Asleep In Mass And Other Fun Snaps Of Pope Benedict XVI's Historic Trip To Washington
Didn’t get to make it to Washington, D.C. for Pope Benedict XVI’s historic first visit? Now that he’s in New York, let’s take look back at those two magical days in our nation’s capital. The highlights, the low lights, the funny pictures! And there will be a quiz at the end. So pay attention. First up, at left, President Bush completes a Catholic rite of passage by “resting his eyes” during Pope Benedict’s “awesome speech.” No doubt he was up late putting the last minute touches on the seating chart for the 12,000 person birthday dinner he’s throwing for the Pope that the Pope is totally blowing off.
The New Pope: Now With Wings! 
Pope Benedict takes his first steps off Shepherd One—the Vatican aircraft—and President Bush no doubt makes his first of many embarrassing comments.
That Pope Benny. So smoove with the ladies.
The Pope replaces his hat after a gust of wind from God almost revealed his antennae.
The Popemobile now comes with it’s own john.
If you look closely, you can actually see the toilet papal.
We found the Union Square graffiti artist
The only thing scarier than Benny is Mini-Benny.
America hearts chatchkis!
Doesn’t this guy look just like Richard Chamberlain in The Thornbirds????
And just like in real life, Richard Chamberlain turned out to be gay, too.
We never noticed those sick red shoes the Pope wears before.
Must have.
See, he only looks like Satan sometimes.
When he’s looking through you and when he’s wearing the red shoes.
It’s God and Pringles that fuel Mexican soul music.
Mariachis take a break, wait around for his Holiness.
A Mexican priest figures serving the Pope’s mass at Nationals Park is as close as he’ll ever come to playing on the winning team at La Copa Mundial.
Ale!
We don’t know why, but nuns always make us feel like they’re boring a hole through us with their eyes.
Catholic school flashbacks, anyone?
Update: Shit, we almost forgot the pop quiz. Okay, we did forget. Here it is: Can you find the disappearing American Catholic Church? That’s okay, neither can the Pope!
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Toilet papal—bah ha ha
Posted by El Bulto | April 18, 2008
Wheres the pop quiz? I’m ready!!! Keep’em coming Guanabee… Its Friday and I really dont feel like working…this is great entertainment!! Bush & the Pope thats classic!
Posted by Liz | April 18, 2008
El Papa’s fabulous red shoes are specially made for him by Prada. True story.
Posted by Marco | April 18, 2008
Ooohhh.. Yay for the mariachis!
Posted by soledadenmasa | April 18, 2008
@Marco: The pope’s shoes are not made by Prada. That’s a rumor that’s been going around for a while, but it’s totally false. The shoes are provided by a company that has been providing papal footwear for a while, it’s the pope’s personal cobbler. Yes many Italian and international companies have given gifts to the pope, and Prada could be among them. But the red shoes have been a part of the pope’s outfit for hundreds of years,a vestige of the older tradition of the pope wearing all red, and we are only just not used to seeing a pope with red shoes because JPII chose to wear brown shoes from his homeland of Poland.
And “sheperd one” is not the vatican aircraft, it’s a plane donated by Alitalia.
And what’s up with the mexican flag priest? Is he trying to represent that small, forgotten demographic, the Mexican Catholic? How silly…
Posted by JC | April 19, 2008
donated by alitalia. therefore the vatican aircraft. duh.
Posted by el Bulto | April 21, 2008
hey thats me the mariachi kid laying down
Posted by sergio p | May 02, 2008