The Best and Funniest Pope Memes Taking Over Twitter
Twitter is always around for its next brilliant trend, and this time around, people have been editing ever more bizarre objects on one particular photo of Pope Francis. Here are the best ones for your enjoyment.
His Holiness Pope Francis, who is actually quite active on Twitter, has been involved in many popular memes over the years. Back in 2017, he made the internet laugh with an incredibly embarrassing photo next to the President of the United States.
The picture quickly gained momentum and spread like wildfire across the internet as people made up memes to poke fun at the strange image.
Although the Pope has since appeared in several "meme" photos, none have gone viral like one particular image of him raising his arms while holding the Eucharist. And, of course, the Internet picked up on this image and ran its own marathon of covers and hilarious jokes.
People have inserted every item imaginable into the hands of a religious leader, from TV show and movie characters, food, retro items, and even the Pope himself. Here are the best of the bunch:
Games
People were wasting no time adding their favorite video games to this quirky meme, and just about everything you could imagine showed up. The images show him holding a controller and phone with Runescape. One talented artist Trickster even recreated the audio version of the image as pixel art.
So I found the original image used in that Pope meme, and -- unsurprisingly -- he's holding the most holy item of all in it. #N64 pic.twitter.com/sqVqQkZ63h
— N64 Today (@N64Today) October 17, 2020
the pope plays runescape mobile pic.twitter.com/Wgm3K1AGG6
— Green Dragon Bot (@GreenDragonBot) October 17, 2020
The pope of the rings.#SonicTheHedgehog #pixel art pic.twitter.com/dDzTBWbM7G
— 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 ☪️ (@Trickster____) October 17, 2020
TV and cinema
The potential for pairing TV shows and movies with this meme is nearly limitless, but Twitter users saw the most iconic scenes right away. Of course, the beloved Baby Yoda was to appear, along with a brilliant recreation of Spider-Man's iconic kiss scene, among other things.
October 30th.
— President Warren G Haunting (@PopeAwesomeXIII) October 16, 2020
He will save us. pic.twitter.com/aZHizEjVZb
— Willem Da Fiend 👹 (@willsmithx4) October 16, 2020
Hmm pic.twitter.com/XDFTS34Tba
— Jennifer Harrison⁷ (@GeneticJen) October 16, 2020
pope pattern luxury edition pic.twitter.com/Hk0ymbUiKu
— elli fanclub nordkiez (@flitzpiepe0815) October 16, 2020
Famous faces
Naturally, celebrities who themselves have been hit by meme culture have found themselves inadvertently starring in collaboration with the Catholic Pope, including the image of Jason Derulo falling down several steps. And, as always, Twitter users have kept his meta, forcing the Pope to keep himself.
pope got that new iphone 12 😳😳 #popememe pic.twitter.com/9MvVYO784y
— ♠ gage gockel ♠ (@GageGockel) October 17, 2020
My version of the pope meme @PSN_FUROND pic.twitter.com/A3e1csGPt3
— Shinakane (@lazertank9988) October 18, 2020
How to get a dad meme template?
Luckily, if you want to create your own version of this hilarious meme, helpful Twitter users are uploading their own templates so you can join in on the fun.
Sigh. Here's the meme template. #popememe pic.twitter.com/Ta0ymqi35M
— Clemens Posch (@Clemensposch) October 16, 2020
You can edit the photo, but I hope everything will be within the bounds of decency!