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# Pope Francis gave autographs and exchanged his zucchetto for a gifted pileolus
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kak-vsegda-v-khoroshem-raspolozhenii-dukha-papa-rimskii-ne-prosto-razdal-tolpe-zhelaiushchikh-avtografy-etim-utrom-no-i-s-radostiu-primeriv-predlozhennyi-pileolus-obmenial-podarok-na-sv/
- Published: 2021-06-23T07:35:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:03:28.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Observations, Rome, Humour

In his customary good spirits, the Pope not only handed out autographs to the eager crowd this morning, but gladly tried on a pileolus offered to him and exchanged the gift for his own papal zucchetto. No fuss, no fanfare, and most warmly. Pope Francis is love ❤️

ps *Time was when Anatole France's skullcap alone delighted me, and now I demand the headgear of the prelate of the Roman Church himself(*

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