{"id":10778,"date":"2013-04-13T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:55:39","slug":"caption-contest-pope-francis-loses-his-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2013\/04\/caption-contest-pope-francis-loses-his-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPTION CONTEST: Pope Francis Loses His Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve seen this photo popping up<\/strong> around the blogosphere today:\u00a0 Pope Francis\u2019 zucchetto being swept away by a Roman windburst.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty funny\u2014Wouldn\u2019t you like to title it?<\/p>\n

POST YOUR CAPTION IDEAS in the Comments section,<\/strong> and I\u2019ll announce the winner on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0*<\/p>\n

Also in the blogosphere,<\/strong> news of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation\u2019s visit to Rome this week.\u00a0 \u00a0About 120 members of the charitable group which supports the Pope\u2019s charitable efforts around the world were received by Pope Francis in the Clementine Hall, the Sala Clementina<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis again demonstrates his warmth and his willingness to break from tradition.<\/strong>\u00a0 The American couple (Is this Papal Foundation COO Bill Canty and his wife?)<\/em> invite the Holy Father to try on their gift of a new zucchetto.\u00a0 \u201cNo, no, he can\u2019t,\u201d explains Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington; but in a gesture of appreciation, Pope Francis grabs the new hat, plops it on his head, and gives the older zucchetto to the couple.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but wonder whether the zucchetto presented by this American couple is the same one that\u2019s seen airborne in the above photo.<\/strong>
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