After pictures of the Pope at the weekly General Audience were circulated online, internet users everywhere have noticed something peculiar: it looks eerily like the entrance of the last boss in a Final Fantasy game. If you don’t believe me, read on!
For the full experience, hit play before continuing:
Our story takes place in Rome, at the Paul VI Audience Hall. It looks innocent from the outside, but danger lurks within.
▼ Who would ever suspect something sinister of happening in a building covered with solar panels?
Inside, there is an enormous statue called La Resurrezione, depicting Jesus rising from the dead. Specifically, it shows him rising from the crater left after a nuclear explosion. No, seriously.
The sculpture measures 23 feet tall and weighs 8 tons. That’s hard to put into perspective, but when you do…
▼ Gah! Look out!
▼ Not to worry. Everyone knows the last boss has to make a speech before attacking.
The sculpture is sometimes lit in different colors.
▼ How are they not wetting themselves?
Almost like he’s being attacked or something.
▼ Is this the crater?
Although I’m not sure whose side the Pope is on.
▼ I feel like there is a minion in this picture, but I’m not sure who it is…
For those who subscribe to more of a sci-fi view of the the Pope, you are not alone:
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