SNL Introduces ‘Papal Securities’: Assuring Your Post-Pope Years Are Golden

With the announcement this week that Pope Benedict XVI will be abdicating his position as Bishop of Rome, SNL ran a commercial for a service could help Benedict cope with the challenges he will face when he is no longer pope. “Papal Securities” helps Popes planning for a future beyond the Vatican.

Though only Benedict himself could provide “Papal Securities” with a testimonial, seeing as he is the only living Pope to have abdicated, he assured the audience that his future looked brighter because the firm.

“Call Papal Securities today and make sure your retirement years are golden,” said spokesperson Jason Sudeikis.

Watch the sketch below via NBC:

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