Issue 21, Tuesday May 25th 2004
 TECHNOLOGY
Enhanced Photographs Reveal Mystery of 'Dodgy' Pope

Digitally enhanced photographs published today by the German Magazine Der Werde appear to solve the mystery of the so-called “Dodgy Pope.”
For many years Pope watchers throughout the world have watched in wonder as Pope Jean-Paul II continues against all odds to appear in public, always seemingly on the verge of death.
The official explanation is of course, that the pope considers his fight against safe sex and rights for homosexuals so important that he just won’t give up, that against all odds he’s hanging on in there to save us from our sins.
But the Pope, nicknamed ‘Dodgy’ by many has seemed increasingly unlikely, lolling around from side to side, seemingly propped up and with ever more erratic movements during his appearances.
Today the mystery is solved as Franz Gubbernheim, editor of Der Werde told BIGfib.
“Using state of the art digital enhancements we have finally found the reason for the Pope’s dodgy behaviour.”
“On all photos of the Pope since 2001 he has gained a mysterious hunchback. Our digital enhancements reveal that he is in fact no more than a pope-puppet, the puppeteer is clearly visible beneath the hump.”

Asked whether the ‘Dodgy’ or ‘Puppet’ Pope should now be laid to rest in order for a new living Pope to be appointed, religious expert Fred Anatic told BIGfib “although there’s not really any precedent for a stuffed Pope remaining at the head of the Catholic Church, I don’t think it really matters if he stays of not. The papal discourse has become so out of touch with reality over the last few years that I don’t think anyone really listens to him anymore anyway. They may want to consider changing the script writer though.”

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