# Pope Francis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926 "2013-03-14T15:58:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/1 "2013-03-14T15:58:33Z")

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What are the chances he’s actually seen **Stripes**?

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/2 "2013-03-14T21:17:22Z")

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Slim to none. He’s more likely to have seen Stryper.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/3 "2013-03-15T01:57:35Z")

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The name’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio…but everybody calls me Francis. Any of you guys call me Jorge and I’ll kill you.

And I don’t like nobody touching _my_ mitre! So just keep your meathooks off.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/4 "2013-03-15T02:36:42Z")

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> [@Number](#):
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> Any of you guys call me Jorge and I’ll kill you.

Just waiting for the Chic tract that calls him the Whore-hay of Rome… :smack:

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/5 "2013-03-15T03:56:22Z")

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I keep thinking of talking mules.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926/6 "2013-03-15T06:40:12Z")

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> [@Mr\_Downtown](#):
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> I keep thinking of talking mules.

He’s the Bishop of Rome in the game of life.