The Twelve “Evilest Pope Pictures” is the one of the most shared memes on Buzzfeed at the moment, bearing out ED Kain’s theory that the Holy Father “has aged in such a way as to make him look less the cuddly grandpa and more the evil villain; he bears an uncanny resemblance to Emperor Palpatine”.See the pics
Pictures can really change the way we read stories. Personally I’ve never thought of B16 as particularly creepy looking–I’ve always had him in the cute, cuddly, but slightly shy and diffident grandpa category, a bit embarrassed by all the attention that has suddenly been lavished on him. In the spirit of light relief, we’ve compiled a few of the sweetest pictures of Pope Benedict for the 12 Sweetest Pope Pictures meme.
H/T AmericanPapist
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Unfortunately, I have seen some absolutely horrendous pictures (photo-shopped)of our Holy Father in some "hate blogs", with red eyes, blackened under and around the eyes, vampire teeth, in the Darth Vader hood and other monstrosities.
Those who hate the Church, the Pope, the good, the truth, beauty and unity are going haywire, I'm afraid.
We have to pray and do penance.
It makes me think of St John Bosco's dream of the storm. Glad to see Ms. Arco put a nice spin on it.
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