Pope Leo XIV Autographs Pokémon Fan’s Popplio Card

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So, picture this: I’m face-to-face with the Pope, right? Yeah, the Pope. No pressure at all. I stumble out something like, “Your Holiness! Huge fan, thanks for the speech.” And bam, out comes this reverse holo foil Popplio card—yeah, from Pokémon or something. It hit me that Popplio kinda sounds like Pope Leo. I blame my brain for those weird connections.

The Pope lets out this laugh, which I’m pretty sure started as a polite thing. But then, plot twist, he starts showing it to the guards. No clue why that amused him so much, but it did. Go figure.

Then, in a bout of unexpected boldness, I dig into my pocket. I’ve got another card plus a pen. “Could you sign this?” I blurt out. And he’s like, “Of course!” Just like that. Felt surreal, but also kind of awesome.

My day, right there. Random and wonderful.