Saturday, November 18, 2006
Take my pope....please!
Apparently the Italians are not taking the new Pope Benedict XVI into their hearts. According to the NY Times, they are taking their jokes about the Vatican out of the dining room and onto the airwaves.
In one radio skit, Rosario Fiorello, a comedian, portrayed Monsignor Gänswein dining at a brand-new restaurant called “the Last Supper,” where “one portion of fish was shared by 20.” He used a cellphone with Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus as its ring tone.The Italian people have always been very possessive of the Vatican but Paul II had a great charm and made a serious effort to soothe ruffled feathers upon his election. This "papa tedesco" does not share those qualities. And for that he will probably hear jokes like this for a long time.
The pope himself is also subject to ribbing. On Tuesday night, in a television skit, the comedian Maurizio Crozza impersonated Pope Benedict being a mite touchy about comparisons to his media-darling predecessor, Pope John Paul II, who was frail for years before his death. “Could Pope Wojtyla do this?” he barked to two attendants, bursting into song and tap dancing. “Or this?” he added, juggling three oranges.
The Holy Trinity won a free trip and had to decide where to go. God the Father said he would like to go to Africa, Jesus to Palestine, and the Holy Spirit to the Vatican. Asked why, the Holy Spirit responded: “Because I’ve never been there.”Left them rolling in the aisles.
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