Cool Pope Celebrates Birthday by Buying Homeless People Sleeping Bags

[babylonsister]

http://gawker.com/cool-pope-celebrates-birthday-by-buying-homeless-people-1672690732

Cool Pope Celebrates Birthday by Buying Homeless People Sleeping Bags
Dayna Evans


Wednesday was the Cool Pope's 78th birthday. What do you think he did to celebrate? Get a few strippers? Eat a pile of molly? Cry to himself silently over a bottle of Grappa about a life lived unfulfilled? No. He bought homeless Romans 400 sleeping bags.

The Cool Pope announced via the Vatican on Thursday that an archbishop would pack up a van full of sleeping bags and distribute them through Rome to provide homeless residents with some much needed winter warmth. Via AFP:

Konrad Krajewski, the archbishop in charge of the pope's charity work, led an operation in which a minibus packed with 400 sleeping bags carrying a papal ensign toured around the Italian capital on Wednesday evening looking for people to give them to.

"This is a gift for you from the pope on the occasion of his birthday," the Swiss guards who helped in the distribution were quoted as telling the recipients.

At the end of his birthday audience on Wednesday, Cool Pope met with eight homeless people instead of twenty supermodels.

[belzabubba333]

1. stay tuned to find out why he's a monster

where are you 2

[mylye2222]

2. Beautiful gesture!

He also made install showers for the homelesses inside Vatican.

Bless this mans heart.

[big_dog]

8. heard that the Bat Pope was also seen giving away cash to the homeless recently on the down low

pretty crafty dude http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/6yqi5n/the-pope-s-secret-life

[hifiguy]

3. This atheist thinks Francis is the first pope worthy of respect

since John XXIII. He has a long way to go on many issues, but he takes the social teachings very seriously indeed, which is a good first step.

[madokie]

12. This Atheist agrees with you

Like any of us he is not perfect but he is good. We can't let a few disappointments be the enemy of the good. Any good is better than no good at all.

[etherealtruth]

4. I can respect and adore this Pope's views and actions related to poverty ....

.... while still abhorring the RC church's horrible stances on women, LGBT community... he at least is speaking out against global poverty

The Catholic church hopefully will change .... but it will change at glacial speed.

[niyad]

5. on the other hand, he could unlock some of the vatican treasury, and set these people up in actual

homes.

a sleeping bag with the papal insignia, and a couple of showers. . . .

his stance on women, on lgbtq, etc., still sucks.

[roguevalley]

7. there you go. it arrived

[Skittles]

14. just curious but

those are not valid points?

[niyad]

20. you were maybe hoping that we would all be so dazzled by this little act that we would forget

all the other things going on in that organization? not going to happen.

[big_dog]

11. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a few simple steps

freeing up Cuba etc. is a good start

[Rex]

17. He did have a hand in that didn't he? nt

nt

[niyad]

6. the "cool pope"? really?

[Skittles]

15. it's considered cool to act like caring human being now

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

9. It's called compassion.

[Rex]

10. Who is this guy?

This is the Pope right? Shit...did they have one actually read the job description first, before applying? I bet that pisses a lot of people off that he is doing his job description. Of course he will have to now touch they worst issue with the Church imo, rape of children by priests/cardinals. If he can conquer that and bring around reform, I will be truly in awe.

I don't think you could get more 180 from Ratzinger then Cool Pope.

He is a Cool Pope.

[BeanMusical]

13. He should change his name to Pope Cool the 1st.

[big_dog]

16. Pope Selfie I

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. that's nice. Now allow women to be priests

[Beacool]

19. Whoever comes after this Pope will have very large shoes to fill.

Happy Birthday, your Sanctity!!!