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Photographs of Pope Benedict with Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney at his farewell ceremony at JFK Airport by Stuart Ramson/AP
Pope Benedict XVI left New York City this evening, telling 4,000 people who gathered at JFK Airport, "It has been a joy for me to witness the faith and devotion of the Catholic community here." He called his address the United Nations one highlight and said, "My visit this morning to Ground Zero will remain firmly etched in my memory, as I continue to pray for those who died and for all who suffer in consequence of the tragedy that occurred there in 2001."
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne hosted the farewell ceremony, which took place at hangar 19. Cheney mentioned the Pope's "universal message of hope and salvation" and called the visit an opportunity for "days of reflection and personal renewal" for many. And the Vice President added:
Here in New York, you have addressed representatives of many nations and celebrated the Eucharist before many thousands and you have moved us by your visit to ground zero. There, you prayed for eternal light and peace upon the innocent victims of September 11th, 2001, and you asked that the rest of us may live so that all who died on that morning may not have been lost in vain. That is our daily meditation as well, and it remains our daily prayer.
Besides the Cheneys, other dignitaries were present, including Cardinal Egan and Mayor Bloomberg. And before leaving in Shepherd One, the Catholic News Services reported that the Pope received "a replica of a stained-glass window from the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Brooklyn" from "four elementary school-age children whose families are from Ecuador, Germany, Trinidad and Korea."
We'll have more on yesterday's papal mass at Yankee Stadium later.
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How many kittens do you think Cheney and The Pope have murdered between the two of them?
their crimes have nothing to do with cats
looks like the pope has a stomachache and cheney has heartburn.
they both give me heartburn, glad to see one of them leave town at least! (and there's nothing religiously intolerant about that! I don't like the guy, and I don't have to if I don't want to!)
if Lynne held her butt, they would look like they're doing the pepto bismol dance!
Looks like a real fun party. So sad I wasn't there.
Named after Alan Shepard, the astronaut? Or fan of Sam, the actor?
Oh Man! Emperor Palpatine AND Darth Vader in the same picture! jeez, its like they want us to make fun of them...
I wonder if Cheney broached the subject of Gay marriage with the Pope. After all, there is one in his family.
I wonder if Cheney got the complimentary Pope Soap on a Rope?
shame on all of you.
Is Cheney the Devil's servant ?
This must be a party if an angel and a
devil are seen together smiling.
I have a bad feeling when both are together.
Are they planning something against us ?
so...this is proof Cheney has "gone over to the Dark Side"?
Shame on you eyekantspel for actually buying into all this bullshit.
As he bid goodbye to the Big Apple, His Holiness pulled the Vice President aside for a private chat. He was overheard to say, "So, shoot anybody lately, asshole?" before grabbing Vice President Cheney in a headlock and applying nearly a dozen noogies and exclaiming, "I'm just kidding with you, you knucklehead!!! Noogie Patrol!!!"
Cheney, however, didn't appreciate the joke, and once released from the headlock came up swinging. The Pope, showing surprising footwork for an eighty-year-old, dodges the haymakers the Vice President threw at him and, after a swift feint to the left, floored the Veep with a right hand lead that he never saw coming. "Cheney went down like a redwood," said one observer. "I don't think he's seen a right hand lead in three years." His Holiness then walked over to the fallen Veep and said, "You want to roll with me, this is what you get! And tell your boss that if he gets in my face again he'll get more of the same, f***face!"
Lynne Cheney, wife of the Vice President, stared at His Holiness for several seconds before finally attending to her fallen husband. Flushed and looking, well, aroused, the Second Lady turned to the Pontiff, but could not speak to the Holy Father. Benedict did, however, kneel down to Mrs. Cheney and whispered to her, "Hey, babe, you're into old guys? You need one that can hold it up? We can always find space on the plane for a piece of ass, right boys?" The veteran Vaticanologists who have been following the Pope on his American sojurn all nodded in agreement.
And with that, the Pope disappeared into the cabin of his plane and jetted off to the Eternal City.
I'd rather go hunting jihadis with Dick Cheney than ride in Ted Kennedy's car...