Witty Comments from the Popes
Sometimes we forget that even Popes can have a sense of humours, here are some for your amusement.
St Pope John XXIII
Pope St John XIII was rather plump and overheard at a function in the Vatican a woman say that he was fat and in reply he said “Madame, I trust you understand that the papal conclave is not exactly a beauty contest.”
When St Pope John XXXII was asked by someone how many people actually worked at the Vatican, he replied, “About half”
Pope John Paul I
“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder”
Pope Leo XIII
A man thanked Pope Leo XII for giving him an audience and told him that Pope Pius IX had also given him an audience, just days before he died. Pope Leo XIII replied, “If I would have known that you were so dangerous for popes, I would have postponed our meeting for a few years”
Pope Saint John Paul II
When Cardinal Timothy Dolan was newly appointed as Archbishop of Milwaukee, he informed St Pope John Paul II during a papal audience, “Holy Father, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee is growing and expanding.” To which Pope St John Paul II answered “And so is its new Archbishop!”
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