The Pope is a mysterious and holy figure, but once in a while, they get weird with it.
Since the Pope's job is essentially to go around the world and meet people as an advocate for God and peace, they end up in some pretty odd situations. One time, the Italian circus did a performance at the Vatican, one Pope visited Australia and posed with all their weird animals, and Pope John Paul II even rode around in a Ferrari in the eighties.
Here are all those strange Pope moments and more.
1
Pope Pope John Paul II skiing Circa
1990s
2
Pope Benedict XVI on his throne, on a boat
2011
3
Pope Benedict XVI meeting a lion
2012
4
Pope John Paul II checking out B.B. King’s guitar
1997
5
Pope Francis meeting two St. Bernards
Circa 2015
6
Pope Francis blessing a pink football jersey
2018
7
Pope John Paul II observing a model of a Ferrari race car
1988
8
Pope John Paul II riding in a Ferrari
1988
9
Pope Pius X blessing a bicycle
Circa 1910s
10
Pope Benedict XVI playing piano
Circa 2005
11
Pope Francis with a cockatoo
2015
12
Pope John Paul II checking out a Ferrari race car
1988
13
Pope Francis with the Harlem Globetrotters
2012
14
Pope John Paul II with a koala during his visit to Australia
1986
15
Pope John Paul II wearing Bono’s glasses
1999
16
Pope Benedict watching the Italian circus
2012
