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Pope Francis Bows To Refrigerator, Houseplant

Sept 12, 2013 VATICAN CITY -- As head of state at the Vatican, as well as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis broke protocol yet again this morning when he bowed to his houseplant …More
Sept 12, 2013
VATICAN CITY -- As head of state at the Vatican, as well as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis broke protocol yet again this morning when he bowed to his houseplant moments before watering it. Francis, who has made ignoring protocol and tradition a trademark of his papacy, went on to bow to his refrigerator moments before extending his hand to open it.
"This man is absolutely fascinating," the Pope's photographer, Roberto Salamanca, told the Italian newspaper L'Osservatore Romano earlier this afternoon. "The man breaks many, how you say, protocollo. All day today I spent photographing him, and you know how long it took him to make a cheese sandwich? 45 minutes. He bows to the refrigerator before opening it, then he bows to a loaf of bread before removing it from the refrigerator. Each slice he takes out, he bows...to the toaster, bows, takes out a slice of cheese, bows. I've never seen such humility."
At press time, Pope Francis is stuck in a catch-…More
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Is this an onion article? I am an idiot when comes to humor sometimes... Because I think this one is almost as funny as when it was reported that Pope has such a great love for Traditional Chinese medicine.... Do you know that animal testicals are a very common ingrediant in Traditional Chinese medicine... It's very funny to see Kanagroo testicals advertised as a Traditional Chinese home medicine …More
Is this an onion article? I am an idiot when comes to humor sometimes... Because I think this one is almost as funny as when it was reported that Pope has such a great love for Traditional Chinese medicine.... Do you know that animal testicals are a very common ingrediant in Traditional Chinese medicine... It's very funny to see Kanagroo testicals advertised as a Traditional Chinese home medicine on the Taiwanese homeshopping network...