Sentence examples for vatican joke from inspiring English sources
Vatican joke, 1950's vintage.
At the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's new film, Silence, held at the Vatican, Pope Francis joked that its star, Andrew Garfield, deserved to be ordained.
Over the last few months, Pope Francis has nabbed headlines for cold-calling worshippers; launching Vatican sports teams; joking around in a red clown's nose (and also a firefighter's helmet); allowing a small child to hug him for the duration of a pilgrims address; and promising to personally baptize the baby of a woman who refused pressure from her partner to have an abortion.
But much of it came out of a sort of joke club in the Vatican called the Bugiale — the "fib factory".
With his predecessor, Benedict XVI, living in retirement there, the current joke in Rome goes that the Vatican has 5.9 popes per square mile.
Later, Benedict met privately with Fidel Castro for what the Vatican called an "animated dialogue" in which they exchanged jokes about old age — Mr. Castro is 85, and the pope will turn 85 next month — and Mr. Castro asked for books and an explanation of what a pope does.
I have yet to find someone who introduces himself at the Vatican with an identity card marked 'gay,'" the pope joked.
No Vatican II for Santorum.
But the Vatican can help.
Vatican observers were more doubtful.
