Who Knew the Pope Was a Hip Hop Superstar?

Sometimes Twitter can be a vile cesspool of ignorance and bigotry. Sometimes it’s a refreshing bastion of awesomeness.

Yesterday we got a little of the latter when a seemingly unremarkable picture of Pope Francis on his tour of Africa hit the web. It wasn’t long before the picture — which looks like the Pope is rapping — became fodder for comedy gold. The hashtag #PopeBars illustrated that, clearly, Franky Baby was bringing lyrical realness to the masses.

His psalms are sweaty, knees weak, cross is heavy. There's vomit on his robe already, Vatican spaghetti… #popebars pic.twitter.com/u7gBksSHSR

— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) November 30, 2015

I use to hustle to be on top, until I finally realized someone died for that spot #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/Zfp8oIjWSJ

— Ndinelago (@T_i_i_n_a) November 30, 2015

"It's funny how Jesus changes situations Ex-communication leads to complications" #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/s2ugTj6O69

— Cher Chez Shawtay (@FeministaJones) November 30, 2015

Even the mind behind the Broadway sensation Hamilton got in on the fun:

Lyrical cataclysm Miracle catechism Smack em w that epistle Then Back to the Vaticizzle #PopeBars

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 30, 2015

There’s SO much more where that came from.

Who know the Pope could be so dope?