Watch out, “Superman”– there’s a new “hero” in town.
An official Vatican Twitter account shared an amazing image – Pope Francis as “Super Pope.”
It wasn’t enough that Pope Francis was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” or that he fronted the “Rolling Stone” magazine.
Now there’s “Super Pope” graffiti sprouting up around the Vatican.
The white caped crusader appeared on a wall just off Borgo Pio, a tiny cobble-stoned street near St. Peter’s Square.
In typical superhero fashion, Francis’ blasts into the air with a smile, right fist trusted forward, white cape billowing out behind him, crucifix swinging in the wind, leading him in flight, while his left clutches his trademark black satchel with the word “Valores” written across it in white letters.
Italian artist Mauro Pallotta poses in front of his graffiti depicting Pope Francis as Superman
The “graffiti” image was projected onto a wall in Rome by Italian artist Mauro Pallotta.
“We share with you a graffiti found in a Roman street near the Vatican,” the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from the Holy See said on its official Twitter page.
The 77-year-old Argentine pontiff is “renowned” for throwing off his security and plunging into the crowds to “greet” pilgrims, and often uses “jokes or stories” to spread the “values” of the Church.
Francis has charmed the masses with his “simplicity” and message of “helping the poor,” even as he has “cracked” down on Vatican “waste and corruption.”
The pope is a keen “Twitter” user himself, regularly posting tweets on his own feeds in nine languages, which “boast” more than 10 million followers in total.
A tourist poses for a souvenir picture in front of a graffiti of Super Pope…
