D'ja hear the one about the hooker and the pitbull?"
"President George Bush was given such a splendid welcome by Pope Benedict XVI yesterday that rumours started flying that the President, like Tony Blair before him, was on the verge of converting to Catholicism.
"It was a Vatican visit such as no other head of state has ever enjoyed. Instead of greeting him, like all previous high-ranking visitors, in the papal library of the Apostolic Palace, the Pope took Mr Bush round the medieval St John's Tower then gave him a tour of the Vatican gardens, culminating in a brief open-air concert by the Sistine Chapel Choir.
"The Pope waited for the President at the entrance of the tower. As he arrived, the President was overheard gushing "What an honour" as the two men disappeared for a half-hour tête-à-tête, details of which have not been made public."
The Independent | Bush 'may convert to Catholicism'
"Asked what he thinks his legacy might be, he says he is happy to await the verdict of history. But he cannot resist also offering his own, suggesting 'the liberation of 50 million people from the clutches of barbaric regimes is noteworthy, at a minimum'."
The Observer | I freed millions from barbarism, says President with no regrets
"US President George Bush has complimented his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on his choice of wife, on the latest leg of his European tour.
"Mr Bush heaped praise on French first lady Carla Bruni, describing her as 'a really smart, capable woman'.
"'I can see why you married her,' he told the French president in Paris."
BBC | Bush compliments Sarkozy on wife
Undoubtedly a good Catholic boy.
Photograph: Father Christopher's Jesus Bunker Jokebook
