The iPod Pope Makes Leno

Apple_haloJay Leno recently commented on the fact that the pope has an iPod–and apparently uses it.

As part of the segment, he played a (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) "commercial" from Apple based on this fact.

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(BTW, you will need to excuse an offensive acronym if your eyes wander off the screen.)

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

19 thoughts on “The iPod Pope Makes Leno”

  2. That looked like they were using an African-American to pose as Pope Benedict.
    I’m just saying.

  6. Too bad he is too old to be Pope for more than a couple of years after Benedict.

  7. You know, I could have seen JPII actually cameo in that commercial, but I don’t think the dancing is B16’s style.
    Just a thought.

  8. Notice that Leno said “Our new pope…” Just goes to show how important — even if unconciously — the papacy is even to non-Catholics. No one would say “Our new Dalai Lama” or “Our new Archbishop of Canterbury,” for example.

  9. That looked like they were using an African-American to pose as Pope Benedict.
    You mean that wasn’t actually Papa Benedict? Dang! I thought he had some pretty good moves, too!

  11. I was under the impression that Leno was Catholic. Good Italian boy you know.

  13. Yeah, he may very well be a Catholic. But I was referring to his non-exclusive use of the term “our”. He didn’t seem to be saying “we Catholics” but rather “we all of us”. As in, it’s not just the Catholics who have a new pope — the world has a new pope.
    I’m just pointing out that intangible universal fatherhood “vibe” that comes from the papacy and seems to be sensed even by non-Catholics (excepting those fundamentalists and leftists who have seizures of rage when they hear the word “Pope.”)
    It is an office truly unique in the world.

  14. I always have a little chuckle when people express amazement that the Vatican has a radio station. It’s my understanding that the radio station was the one of the first in the world and dates back to Marconi.

  15. Hmmm…let’s just hope this doesn’t give tacit approval for liturgical dance…

  17. As a Catholic I feel offended seeing that our beloved Pope is ridiculed on Jay Leno’s show, and really I don’t see the humor on it.
    Marie

  18. I don’t think that Jay Leno is mocking Pope Benedict, at least not this time.

  19. Isn’t it a copyright violation and therefore illegal to publish TV clips on the WWW without permission of the copyright holder?

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