Pope Francis Blesses Porn Star’s Giant Parrot

Today in Vatican City, Pope Francis blessed a giant parrot belonging to a porn star.

. @joelwaldmanFOX5 it looks like fuzzy!! “@ellievhall: Pope Blesses Male Stripper’s Parrot http://t.co/CNv08jNEo1 pic.twitter.com/uSIQXjVhmA”

— Ileana Diaz (@IleanaMDiaz) January 31, 2014

According to ANSA Italy, Francis “took into his hands a green parrot that belonged to a former male stripper” named Ghyblj (real name Francesco Lombardi) in the middle of Saint Peter’s Square. After passing up the talking parrot the first time in his Popemobile, Francis came back and, as GMA recounted, gently put his finger in the bird’s talons to shower it with the Lord’s Grace.

The parrot, named Amore, then began squawking and calling the pope its “Papa.” “Papa” means “pope” in Italian, and not “Daddy.”

Calling the ecstatic event a mix of the “holy and the profane,” Lombardi, who was in town with his wife and children, also added that he was “a world champion stripper” as well as “the leading role in (erotic filmmaker) Tinto Brass’s next movie.”

This is exactly what happened, and anyone with dirty thoughts should not blame us.

[ANSA via GMA]

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