A look into the next big controversy: Obama's gift to the Pope.

[Drunken Irishman]

Since, you know, he's always slammed for his gifts.

The Redemptorist order had in its possession a stole that had been draped along his body at a Philadelphia shrine to Neumann, who was declared a saint in 1977. The stole, a long scarf-like garment that is worn around a priest's neck, had lain with Neumann's body for 18 years until it was removed in 2007.

When DiCocco suggested the stole to the state department, "it was just kind of a no-brainer," he said. "It was just the right touch of American Catholic history and relevance. I mean, here was this saint, an immigrant who came to America and did so much beautiful work."

Not trusting the stole to others, DiCocco personally picked it up, drove it to Washington and hand-delivered it last week to government officials.

They got the Pope a stole.

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/godingovernment/2009/07/the_scoop_on_obamas_gift_to_pope_tomorrow.html#more

[PretzelWarrior]

1. grave robbers!!

that's one thing quite creepy about the cathedrals in Europe....all the dead cardinals and other religious leaders there in glass cases for all to see.

[Clio the Leo]

2. And a second-hand one at that! NT

[ZombieHorde]

3. A subscription to Boys Life? nt

[incapsulated]

4. It's a perfect gift

Unlike... um, the other one.

They gave him an American Relic.

Who said Relics in America only exist on Cheetos!?

:P