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By Jim Lackey
We have been having a little fun with this photo, taken over the weekend by our Rome-bureau photographer, Paul Haring:
(CNS photo/Paul Haring)
In the photo from Saturday, Pope Francis is speaking to Italian youngsters, some of whom were born in prison and all of whom have at least one parent in jail. They were treated to a special train trip to Rome thanks to the Pontifical Council for Culture.
(CNS photo/Paul Haring)
After the pope watched some of the youths flying kites in a cleared-out parking lot next to the Vatican audience hall, he spoke to the group and answered questions, telling them to never stop dreaming.
The photo of the pope speaking inside the hall, of course, cried out for a caption contest. (Given the nature of the Holy Father, we were certain he wouldn’t mind.) Thanks partly to a helpful nudge from our friends at U.S. Catholic magazine, here’s some of what we got:
@CatholicNewsSvc @burlingtontown “I love you THIS much!”
— Holy Trinity HS (@HolyTrinityDHS) June 2, 2015
Naturally, some thought it was a papal fish (or snake) story:
@CatholicNewsSvc And the FISH that ST. Peter used to catch were this BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Fldy (@burlingtontown) June 2, 2015
@USCatholic @CatholicNewsSvc …and when I reeled it in, I saw it was this big.”
— Jeffrey Couvillon (@jcouvill) June 2, 2015
@CatholicNewsSvc
“… and the snake in the garden was like this BIG!”
— Paنl Wagle (@PaulWagle) June 2, 2015
@CatholicNewsSvc Would I lie to you? That fish was this big! #PopeFrancis
— Craig & Barb Fenton (@CBFenton63) June 2, 2015
@CatholicNewsSvc I know I’m a fisher of men but me and Benny went fishing on the Med and I caught one this big #papalfishstories
— Fr.Kyle Sanders (@colonel4God) June 1, 2015
Others wondered why the pope had an official name badge hanging from his neck, as if he needed proof that he belonged in the hall:
@CatholicNewsSvc why does the Pope have to wear credentials I wonder?
— Chris Doremus (@Chrishsne) June 1, 2015
But someone had a possible answer:
@CatholicNewsSvc They said “everyone has to wear a lanyard for identification” I said “Is anyone else here dressed like this?”
— Brian Zanin (@BrianZanin) June 2, 2015
Here are the best of the rest:
@CatholicNewsSvc Jesus’ heart is so big (Read More)
Source:: https://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/caption-contest-draws-humorous-entries/
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