{"id":19662,"date":"2015-09-25T06:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T10:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:17:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:17:06","slug":"papal-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/09\/25\/papal-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Papal-Mania!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pope Francis made of mozzarella.<\/p><\/div>\n

Papal-Mania is sweeping the nation and swamping the city! We’re drowning in a tsunami of draconian security measures, 24 hour hype from the news media, and an insane amount of \u00a0keepsakes. We’ve seen t-shirts, buttons, flags, bows, a stuffed Francis, a waving Francis, and cross shaped soft pretzels.<\/p>\n

The best of the bunch came from the folks at Pastificio Deli – a mozzarella shaped Pope! They commissioned a local artist to sculpt a bust of the Pope and had molds made – genius! (Click on the photos to enlarge.)<\/p>\n

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Here’s hoping that the Pontiff enjoys His stay in our fair city; accomplishes His mission, grabs a cheesesteak, and moves on to the next stop of his tour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Papal-Mania is sweeping the nation and swamping the city! We’re drowning in a tsunami of draconian security measures, 24 hour hype from the news media, and an insane amount of \u00a0keepsakes. We’ve seen t-shirts, buttons, flags, bows, a stuffed Francis, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[3709,3125,3708,3711,3710,3669,3706,3707],"class_list":["post-19662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-3709","tag-catholic","tag-church","tag-mozzarella-pope","tag-pastificio","tag-philadelphia","tag-pope-francis","tag-world-meeting-of-families"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-578","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24256,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/08\/22\/the-pope-and-the-pussy-cat\/","url_meta":{"origin":19662,"position":0},"title":"The Pope and the Pussy Cat","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the great things about living in South Philly are our neighbor's window displays! \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PopeCat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PopeCat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PopeCat.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20223,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/07\/going-south-on-broad-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":19662,"position":1},"title":"Going South on Broad Street","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Holiday"","block_context":{"text":"Holiday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/holiday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Henna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Henna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Henna.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4864,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/27\/guys-walk-bar\/","url_meta":{"origin":19662,"position":2},"title":"Three Guys Walk Into A Bar…","author":"Mrs. Crankipants","date":"October 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"and The Jewish fellow says to the Italian, \"The Irish kid's buyin'! 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