{"id":5478,"date":"2013-10-29T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:02:53","slug":"pontifexcellent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/2013\/10\/29\/pontifexcellent\/","title":{"rendered":"@PONTIFEXCELLENT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

DEBUTING A NEW FEATURE HERE AT THE DUDE ABIDES\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Because we all know that Papa Frank is mah boo and you should love him too. Here\u2019s the first in a series of daily reasons why\u2026<\/p>\n

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So, over the weekend, thousands of Catholic families jammed St. Peter\u2019s Square to hear Papa Frank give an address on the Year of Faith. In the middle of things, a little boy wandered up on stage and walked over the pope. (See some awesome gifs of the whole exchange via Buzzfeed HERE<\/a>). Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank \u2013 BECAUSE HE\u2019S SO FRIGGIN\u2019 AWESOME \u2013 just let the kid do his thing, eventually inviting him to take a seat in the papal chair when the pontiff had to get up to greet grown-up dignitaries.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of photos of the encounter (take a moment to pray for strength so you don\u2019t crumple from the overwhelming cuteness):<\/p>\n

via Osservatore Romano \/ Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
via Osservatore Romano \/ Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
via Osservatore Romano \/ Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank – BECAUSE HE’S SO FRIGGIN’ AWESOME – just let the kid do his thing, eventually inviting him to take a seat in the papal chair when the pontiff had to get up to greet grown-up dignitaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1412],"tags":[1408,1409,812,813,1410,1411,193,1413,1414,194,1415],"class_list":["post-5478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pontifexcellent","tag-buzzfeed","tag-cardinals","tag-catholic-church","tag-catholicism","tag-holy-see","tag-peter","tag-pope","tag-pope-francis","tag-saint-peters-square","tag-vatican","tag-vatican-city"],"yoast_head":"\n@PONTIFEXCELLENT!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank - BECAUSE HE'S SO FRIGGIN' AWESOME - just let the kid do his thing, eventually inviting him to take a seat in the papal chair when the pontiff had to get up to greet grown-up dignitaries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/2013\/10\/29\/pontifexcellent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"@PONTIFEXCELLENT!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank - 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