Pope Benedict XVI, wearing the white fur-trimmed red bonnet known as a camauro reserved for Popes, arrives to celebrate his general audience in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican December 21, 2005. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
The heck with Santa Claus, I want Pope Benedict XVI to come to town.
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Benedict is coming to town
He’s making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice
Benedict is coming to town
He sees you when catechizing
He knows when you’re a fake
He can only teach good not bad
So be good for Jesus’ sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Benedict is coming to town
Benedict is coming to town
Fr. Richard P. McBrien "What a lump of coal again!"
13 comments
Instead of Santa Claus, we get Santa Papa instead. =)
Jeff,
Thank you for point out that that is the Camauro! Without the caption, I think I would have glanced past thinking the pope was donning a silly santa hat to humor someone at a papal audience!
I think this is the number one topic of the day.
Great song… especially the infallibility part.
cool. am in favor of all things medieval.
It is said that the last pope who wore a camauro was John XXIII. It’s so neat that B16 is returning these traditional papal garments into use. Hooray for Holy Father Christmas!
I wonder where he’s pulling this stuff out of. I mean, does he just sit around looking through the closets in the Vatican dusting off old boxs and trying things on? “Hmmm… this looks interesting, maybe I’ll try it on today and see if anyone notices…”
lol! That’s so cool. It makes me believe in Santa Claus again… only it’s not Claus, but Benedict!
Kristina wrote: “I wonder where he’s pulling this stuff out of. I mean, does he just sit around looking through the closets in the Vatican dusting off old boxs and trying things on? “Hmmm… this looks interesting, maybe I’ll try it on today and see if anyone notices…”
That reminds me, I should make another sweep of the sacristy – I have already found the old communion patens, I wonder what else might be sitting around in those cabinets collecting dust!
My son also thought it was a Santa hat, till I pointed out that it had no tail (thank God). B-16 will come to town to drop B-52’s on bad liturgy and bad music, then reward the good.
BMP
Wouldn’t you give anything to see the case of Papal “hathead” after he got back inside from the Audience?
Kristina wrote: “I wonder where he’s pulling this stuff out of. I mean, does he just sit around looking through the closets in the Vatican dusting off old boxs and trying things on? “Hmmm… this looks interesting, maybe I’ll try it on today and see if anyone notices…”
How awesome would that be? I hope he keeps going! I hope he brings back the tiara and that chair too, although it’d probably be unpractical…
“Wouldn’t you give anything to see the case of Papal ‘hathead’ after he got back inside from the Audience?”
Actually, he replaced the camauro with his zuchetto before giving the address. Speaking of hathead, however, nothing beats mitre-head, or the red band that forms across the forehead of bishops. I’m surprised that there hasn’t been some pious assignment of symbolic meaning to his phenomenon.
I swear, if that hat did have a tail it would make him look like the younger brother to Father Christmas. Did Benedict intend to wear it at this time and if so was he expecting all the Christmas jokes? As for finding out the Naughty and Nice I suppose the doves in every church report to the ones in St.Peters, who of course report to the Pope.
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