VATICAN
CITY—In an effort to make the holiday as stress-free as possible for
everyone, Pope Francis asked congregants gathered at St. Peter’s
Basilica Thursday if it would be okay to just do a low-key Easter this
year. “I know we usually get dressed up and make a big deal out of
Easter, but wouldn’t it be nice if just this once we had one laid-back
mass on Sunday and then called it a day?” said the Supreme Pontiff,
noting that while he loved the tradition, he was completely swamped for
most of Lent and did not have much time to prepare for the Christian
festival this year. “We can definitely do a little communion Easter
morning, and maybe we’ll have a quick homily, but, honestly, can we all
just save ourselves the hassle and skip Good Friday?” At press time,
the Pope was stressing that Easter was really about spending time with
loved ones while wondering aloud if it might be better for everyone to
just grab brunch at a bistro in Rome’s Flaminio district.
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I think the Pope is a flaky dude but I rarely believe when an atheist tries to quote him correctly.
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