Did Pope Francis, put the Pope in Pop Culture?

Pope Francis is f ast turning into a pop icon. The news is official now as the head of Catholic church will be featured alongside the icons of American popular culture, on the Rolling Stone magazine. The Rolling Stone cover on Pope Francis will hit the newsstands on 13 February, the coming Friday.

The nastiest corners of popular culture in Hollywood and Manhattan usually love nothing better than denying their filthiness by hectoring orthodox Christians for the sex scandals lurking behind their "judgmental" ways. But the last few weeks have shown that the current aura around Pope Francis, and the false hope that he'll "go native" with the permissive crowd, is exploited in a different way.

The Pope was caught swearing during his weekly blessing at the Vatican on Sunday, March 2. According to People Magazine, Pope Francis slipped up saying "cazzo," which is the Italian equivalent of the "F-word." Apparently the Pope meant to say the word "caso" which means "case."

LINCOLN, Neb. - A Rolling Stone magazine piece on Pope Francis was an attempt to "hijack" the papacy for secularist causes, but Catholics should be prepared to use the Pope's "pop-culture moment" rather than become its "victim," explained Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Neb. "Pop culture is important and powerful.

Bishop James D. Conley in Rome, Italy on May 4, 2012. Credit: CNA. .- A Rolling Stone piece on Pope Francis was an attempt to "hijack" the papacy for secularist causes, but Catholics should be prepared to use the Pope's "pop culture moment" rather than become its "victim," Bishop James D.

On my coffee table, I have a book of classic rock posters-from The Who, to Led Zeppelin, to Nirvana, Metallica, and the Grateful Dead. The book was given to me by a brother bishop who knows that, in my earlier years, I listened to many of those bands.

Hollywood may not care much for Christianity or for actual Christians, but it loves the Roman Catholic Church - and it's not an affair that began with the election of Pope Francis in March 2013.

Pope Francis has just boosted his image as the pontiff of the people a smidgen higher. The Catholic Church head has gone pop culture, and it's his smiling face that appears on the most recent cover of the Rolling Stone.

The nastiest corners of popular culture in Hollywood and Manhattan usually love nothing better than denying their filthiness by hectoring orthodox Christians for the sex scandals lurking behind their "judgmental" ways. But the last few weeks have shown that the current aura around Pope Francis, and the false hope that he'll "go native" with the permissive crowd, is exploited in a different way.