The Harlem Globetrotters, New York’s exhibition basketball team, helped boost Pope Francis’ #CoolPope image when they met in the Vatican on Wednesday.
Flight Time Lang guided the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church’s pointer finger so he could try spinning the ball on his own.
The team, which is currently touring Italy, waited to greet the Pope during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Globetrotters Hi-Lite Bruton, Ant Atitkson, Big Easy Lofton, Flight Time Lang made the Bishop of Rome an honorary member of the team, only the ninth in the team’s 90-year history (among the others are Henry Kissinger and Nelson Mandela).
They even presented the Vicar of Jesus Christ with his own customized Globetrotter’s jersey to commemorate the meeting.
Photos via the AP.
What? Ok, that’s bizarre. But fun!
Clearly, this Pope is a race hustler. They were going to give him a ride in the WayBack Machine, but it didn’t have a bullet-proof bubble on it, so it was a no go.
#RaceHustlerPope
Loved that shit when I was little haha
Love this for several reasons. The biggest one is probably that this pope is centuries more enlightened than almost all of his predecessors.
The fact that he causes conservative Catholics to go into cardiac arrest is just lagniappe.
He may be the Vicar of Christ, but can he rebound? And what about shooting FT?