A McDonald’s has opened in the vicinity of the Vatican, close by in a Vatican owned building which houses several senior Cardinals. The Cardinals objected saying, “Why couldn’t we get that Hard Rock Cafe which is opening on Via della Conciliazione, the main boulevard leading to St. Peter’s? We can’t ‘unwind’ at a McDonald’s. Not […]
Pope Francis: “My other car is a Pope-Mobile”
The Pope-Mobile’s bumper sticker showed that things were changing in the Vatican. It read ‘My other car is a Ford Focus’ Pope Francis has proven to the world that he is a man who is changing Vatican protocols and talking about concepts that some see as radical thinking. To fund his program of feeding the […]
Cardinals wanted change and they got it with new Pope
Newly elected Pope Francis put his personal stamp on the new papacy as the cardinals went back on the bus to the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI, (A five halo hotel). They were amazed to see the Pope getting on. “Hey, I’d like to drive this thing” he said exercising his new authority, “Anybody have any […]