The pope and pop culture

There are no boundaries as to what can manifest via pop culture. It only makes sense. According to msn.com, the pope's first tweet was distributed to one million people! While there is certainly a dark side to any culture, we tried to avoid the Tim Minchin song. Ack! Pure poison. However, if you google, "Pope" and "Songs," there are a ton of links which lead to his song. Ack! Pure poison!

Hence...

Papal Skateboard

Ummm, hang ten - dudes.

Pope Soap-On-A-Rope

Whoa. Here it is. For a mere $10.00 you can use the pope to scrub your ugliest of neder regions.

Pope Songs per the New Yorker

Tom Lehrer, “The Vatican Rag” (1965)

David Peel and the Lower East Side, “The Pope Smokes Dope” (1972)

Max Romeo and the Upsetters, “Fire Fe the Vatican” (1976)

The Damned, “Anti-Pope” (1979)

Rickie Lee Jones, “Rorschachs (Theme for the Pope)” (1984)

Prince, “Pope” (1993)

George Harrison, “P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)” (2002)

Strands of Oak, “Pope Killdragon” (2010)

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Ginae B. McDonald is an award-winning public speaker, stock photographer, Ascension, Violet Flame and Usui Teate Reiki master. She graduated with honors from GCU, where she received a B.A. in Communications, with a focus in P. R. She is currently a graduate student, studying addiction...

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