“Vater into Vine? Oh, that’s easy! Chust get Us a roll of newspaper…” (We’ll never tell him we got it out of the book 10 Simple Magic Tricks that came when we ordered the Complete Works of Thomas Aquinas. It’s good to be the Pope!)
The Church has achieved unprecedented levels of prestige and influence under President Putin.
The Church has managed to sway Moscow authorities to ban gay pride parades. The Church has managed to persuade authorities to kick the Jehovah’s Witnesses out of Moscow as well.
Plus, he had that chapel built near the KGB headquarters.
One must see him, I suppose, as a latter-day Clovis or Charles Martel. His conversion is sincere. But his understanding will still be shaped by the realities he is exposed to.
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“And then, Mr Putin, you’ll never guess what he said… he said, “How many divisions has the Pope?… “
“Vater into Vine? Oh, that’s easy! Chust get Us a roll of newspaper…” (We’ll never tell him we got it out of the book 10 Simple Magic Tricks that came when we ordered the Complete Works of Thomas Aquinas. It’s good to be the Pope!)
Come on, smile. I know you can.
Seconds after Benedict XVI performs his papal hypnosis, President Putin falls into a deep trance.
1. Putin (thinking): Oh ****, I left the water running back in Moscow!”
2. “What’s with the Santa cape? Must not laugh… Must not cause international incident…”
Glad to see Pope Benedict XVI wear his best for an atheist.
Now Mr. Putin knows where Santa lives.
Putin actually converted to Orthodoxy after a life-threatening fire.
Putin actually converted to Orthodoxy after a life-threatening fire.
Pity he’s never acted on that conversion.
Not exactly.
The Church has achieved unprecedented levels of prestige and influence under President Putin.
The Church has managed to sway Moscow authorities to ban gay pride parades. The Church has managed to persuade authorities to kick the Jehovah’s Witnesses out of Moscow as well.
Plus, he had that chapel built near the KGB headquarters.
One must see him, I suppose, as a latter-day Clovis or Charles Martel. His conversion is sincere. But his understanding will still be shaped by the realities he is exposed to.