This has actually happened many times in history and recently. So this image might be real.
AMERICAN POPE LETS GO
Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to [deleted]
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 days ago
www.facebook.com/…/2056680241038122/
Reverse image search.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
For those who don’t want to visit Facebook:
The priest is blessing hunting rifles at the beginning of the season so that they will provide food and not harm people.
expatriado@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve seen this image pre AI, but could still be photoshopped, but not necessarily
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
It could also just be good old fashioned acting…
Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 2 days ago
There is no hand grenade in the picture, I call bullshit
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The holy hand grenade of Antioch is a Anglican relic you absolute dolt.
Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Who are the angles? I didn’t vote for them.
modeler@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah - there’s actual video evidence of it exploding! Unfortunately that means that it no longer exists, so that would explain why it’s absent from the Pope’s blessèd gun rack.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Blessed is the round, and blessed is the cartridge for it holds the round and all of its fury
Blessed is the magazine for receiving the round and holding it close.
Blessed is the barrel, for providing direction and guidance to the round
And most of all, blessed is Kurt Cobain for giving the round purpose, and for receiving all of its love within his body 😌prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye…
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
I kill with my heart
Thankee sai
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes I know, it was a shotty.
superkret@feddit.org 1 day ago
This is my rifle
This is my nun
This is for shooting
This is for funkerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Apparently the way to make suicide jokes still funny in 2025 is to have had it happen in the 90s and for the person to be famous and queer?
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
what does him being queer have to do with it?
Also people are now making jokes about 9/11. Tragedy turns into comedy after 20 years.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Wat
Cobain was just the first person I thought of that’d make it clear it was satire, and I didn’t wanna spend all night working on a stupid joke
Machinist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Huh?
nagaram@startrek.website 1 day ago
Were they not supposed to be funny normally?
Are we not all on the brink?
polite_cat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do they deal holy damage now?
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
+10 holy damage +3 critical hit chance +2 accuracy -5 damage against atheists
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 day ago
How much damage can a human take though?
Based on these stats, going to guess 10-15HP, tops.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Bad news on the religious beliefs of deer…
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Meaning, they still hurt?
CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
By the grace of the Omnissiah
vordalack@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Baptizing converts in Jack Danials and performing exorcisms using the US constitution, let’s f***ing go
nexguy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
farting? …no it’s fishing isn’t it.
vordalack@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
fisting
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 15 hours ago
LETS GO
of what?
BobThortenLeftToeNail@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Vatican is such a huge scandalous and r@py real estate conglomerate. It’s crazy that in 2025 hardly anyone is pointing it out. Goes to show theres still lots of preconceived notions that needs to be addressed
superkret@feddit.org 1 day ago
It’s crazy that in 2025 hardly anyone is pointing it out.
Are you living under a rock?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 day ago
My mom is Catholic and called him another diddler lol.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sigh. I would dearly love a proper bolt-action rifle. I’ve got a .22 (my first gun!) and a .22 magnum (left handed!), but zero excuse for a “real” caliber as I don’t hunt and my range at camp only goes out 100’.
Love the Marlin 1895SBL from Jurassic Park but I’m not hunting dinosaurs or 2,000lb. bison. Plus, the .45-70 (AR-15 round on the far left) would probably amputate my skinny armpit.
More on point, the first American Pope! I’ll look forward to reading more about how the College of Cardinals landed on this guy so quickly. Not sure I’ve seen a Pope chosen that fast!
AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
look into a .270. not a small caliber when you’re used to a 22 but not massive in the whole scheme of things. they’re quite fun at that range you were describing too, and they give you the opportunity to go a lot longer if you ever need/want it.
a .270 was my first hunting rifle, if a scrawny 11 year old could use it I have faith in you :)
Zink@programming.dev 1 day ago
.270 is a neat caliber. I rarely hear about it (not that I frequent gun discussions) but am familiar with it because that’s the caliber of my dad’s deer hunting rifle which also belonged to my WW2 veteran grandfather.
And yeah it’s not very comparable to a 22 except for starting with a two. It’s a high powered rifle. You can think of it like a .30-06 but with a slightly smaller and faster bullet.
moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I haven’t shot a 45-70 but I have a 35rem and have shot a breech load 450 bushmaster. It’ll put a little sting on you but it’s not that bad. Just make sure to keep the butt of the stick firm against your shoulder. I wouldn’t want more than 5 or 6 rounds at a time on the 450 though.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 day ago
If you want a lot of fun at the range, blackpowder is a riot.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
We have an American Pope. But it not being Micheal Ian Black is a wound my younger self may never recover from.
kreskin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Are there any other tables he blessed besides just bolt actions? Disappointing.
/s
LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Honestly unsure if this is fake, thanks 2025!